HC Deb 05 May 1899 vol 70 c1424
SIR H. VINCENT

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he is in a position to announce the arrangements he has made as regards the formation of a Commercial Intelligence Bureau, where British traders can obtain all information concerning the prospects of, and openings for, British trade in any part of the world, and the best means of procedure?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE, Croydon)

I am not in a position to make any announcement on this subject.