24. Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALLasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, seeing that, nothwith-standing the terms of the Anglo-Russian Trade Agreement, British companies are barred from all trading in Russia while Russian trading organisations are given a free hand in establishing themselves in this country to push the disposal of Russian products, he will state what action will be taken to put a stop to this one-sided operation of the Agreement?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERWhat my hon. and gallant Friend desires could only be achieved by negotiating a new Agreement, and on that point I would refer him to the answer which I have to-day given to the hon. Member for Barnstaple, and to the answer given by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the hon. Member for Brightside on the 27th May.
Sir F. HALLIs not this such a one-sided Agreement that Russia can have all the advantages, and we have to put up with all the disadvantages?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. and gallant Gentleman is arguing the matter.