HC Deb 12 November 1930 vol 244 cc1648-9
63. Commander BELLAIRS

asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he will call for a report from the commercial diplomatic officer of the wages and conditions in the timber trade, collectivist farms, and factories of Soviet Russia, stating where prison labour and forced labour are employed, and to what extent?

Mr. GILLETT (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)

I regret that I am unable to accept the hon. and gallant Member's suggestion.