§ 7. Mr. FOREMANasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what allocations to public funds have been approved by the Treasury for commercial propaganda in various parts of the world?
Mr. HARMSWORTHNo sums are specifically provided in the Estimates for 1919–20 for commercial propaganda abroad. It is, of course, one of the duties of the commercial counsellors and secretaries in foreign countries and of His Majesty's Trade Commissioners in the various parts of the Empire to make known locally the commercial and industrial activities of the United Kingdom, but no portion of their expenditure is definitely earmarked for this part of their work.