§ 14. Captain WATERHOUSEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Swedish Government have recently bought 875 British-made Imperial typewriters, and that they have expressed themselves as being completely satisfied; and will he place trial orders with this and other British firms forthwith?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Ronald McNeill)I have no information of such an order, nor of the opinion of the Swedish Government of this machine, beyond the statement of the company. As I stated yesterday in reply to my hon. and gallant Friend, the Member for Basingstoke (Colonel Sir A. Holbrook), trial orders have been placed with this and other British firms.
§ Captain WATERHOUSEMay I get an assurance from the right hon. Gentleman that in our Embassy in Sweden, at any rate, British typewriters will be used?