§ 48. Mr. ROMERILasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the Development Council have met trade groups to discuss the possibility of trade investigations overseas on behalf of particular industries; and whether any such industries have been prepared to co-operate with the council?
§ Mr. GILLETTThe Overseas Trade Development Council have met, among other bodies, the Incorporated Federated Associations of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland, and, as a result, the latter have appointed Mr. T. W. Smith, Secretary of the Leicester Boot Manufacturers Association, to undertake an investigation in Norway, Sweden, 1310 Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands. The Department will co-operate with the Federation, and have appointed for this purpose Mr. M. W. Donald, O.B.E., a senior officer of the Department. The investigators will leave this country on the 15th instant.