2. Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Oversea Trade Department whether he is aware that the trade in cured herrings was on the increase with America before the out break of war; whether his attention has been called to the Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 1918 [Cd. 231], in 2116 which it is stated that with a view to encouraging and developing the trade it would be an advantage to have a Government official visiting the various large centres in Canada and the United States, and that efforts should be made to introduce cured herrings into China and Japan; and whether, in view of the importance to British trade and credit of increasing exports from the United Kingdom, he will take steps to carry out the recommendations contained in the Report?
§ Sir HAMAR GREENWOOD (Department of Ocersea Trade)The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. My attention had not previously been called to the Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland for 1918. I am now in communication with the Board on the subject of the recommendation referred to.