§ 28. Mr. HACKINGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state the number of British visas attached to American passports at the British consular office in New York during June this year; and how this figure compares with that of June, 1929?
§ Mr. DALTONThe number of visas issued at the British Passport Control Office at New York in June, 1930, was 16,410, as against 14,650 in June, 1929.
§ Mr. HACKINGIs not this very satisfactory increase largely due to the activities of the Travel Association of Great Britain and Ireland, whose duty it is to advertise this country?
§ Mr. DALTONIt would be difficult for me to give any reason with certainty for this increase, which affords ground for much satisfaction. But the fact that the right hon. Gentleman is associated with my hon. Friend the Secretary of the Overseas Trade Department in connection with the association to which he has referred is a guarantee to all sections of the House that its work is being well carried out.