§ 55. Mr. MARJORIBANKSasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, having regard to the expressed policy of the Government in favour of increased trade with Russia, he will inform the House of the specific proposals of the Government with regard to this matter?
§ Mr. GILLETTI would refer the hon. Member to the statement which I made to this House on 5th February, on the occasion of the Motion regarding trade 1859 with Russia, moved by my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough East (Miss Wilkinson), to which I am not in a position to add anything beyond the fact that the two Commercial Secretaries appointed to the staff of His Majesty's Ambassador at Moscow are now at their post and in discharge of their duties.
§ 58. Mr. MARJORIBANKSasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has made representations through the Soviet Ambassador to the Soviet Government for the purpose of increasing their orders for British goods?
Mr. A. HENDERSONI have been asked to reply. Negotiations are in progress for a Trade Agreement, from which it is hoped that a further increase in trade with the Soviet Union will result. As my hon. Friend the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department informed the House on the 5th of February, trade with the Soviet Union has already been increased to a considerable extent.