§ Mr. Bing59, 60 and 61. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the number of applications and the total value thereof for licences to export steel and other metals to Bulgaria, Hungary and China, respectively; the number of these applications which he has granted and refused, respectively; and the total value thereof for the last six months; (2) how many applications for licences, and to what value, have been received by his department for the export of electrical equipment to China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, respectively, during the last six months; what was the number and value of those refused; what was the number and value of those allowed; and what is the number and value of those still under consideration, respectively; (3) whether he will state the number of applications and the value thereof for licences to export machine tools to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics which have been received by his department in the last six months; the number and value of the applications which have been allowed; the number and value of those which have been refused; and the number and value of those now awaiting decision, respectively.
Mr. Amory,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 18th May, 1954; Vol. 527, c. 1902], supplied the following information: