HC Deb 24 November 1930 vol 245 cc863-4
20. Mr. HACKING

asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has any statement to make to the House regarding the results achieved by the British section of the Antwerp Exhibition?

The SECRETARY, OVERSEAS TRADE DEPARTMENT (Mr. Gillett)

The British section of the International Colonial and Maritime Exhibition, which closed at Antwerp on the 4th November, achieved an unqualified success. Tributes to the splendid impression created by the British exhibit have been received from Belgians of all ranks. The total attendance at the Exhibition is reported to have been more than 10,000,000 persons, of which approximately 7,000,090 are stated to have passed through the British pavilion. British commercial exhibitors in the pavilion have reported almost unanimously their satisfaction with the results of their participation, which in many cases far exceeded their expectations.

Mr. HACKING

To what use is the British pavilion being put after the Exhibition is closed?

Mr. GILLETT

I understand that it is being pulled down.

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