§ 74. Sir W. DAVISONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his Department is encouraging British exhibitors to participate in the coming Centenary Exhibition at Rio; and whether the Foreign Office is, on his representations, simultaneously urging on the Brazilian Government the desirability of settling the long outstanding claims of British business men against it?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAME (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative; as regards the second part, I would refer my hon. Friend to the replies given to the hon. Member for Stratford (Mr. L. Lyle) on the 11th May and the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Sir W. de Frece) on the 18th May.