§ 4. Sir K. WOODasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to give any information concerning the trade agreement recently signed between Russia and Italy; and whether any of its terms provide that there shall be an exchange of goods between the two countries to an agreed amount?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMThe text of the treaty has not yet been made public, and I am not, therefore, in a position to give any information on the subject.
§ Sir K. WOODHas the right hon. Gentleman made inquiries as to whether the treaty will be published?
§ Mr. GRAHAMYes, Sir; I think I indicated, in reply to previous questions, that inquiry had been made; but this is really a matter for the two Govern- 1928 ments concerned, and, until the treaty is published, I cannot, of course, say anything about it.
§ Commander BELLAIRSDoes the right hon. Gentleman mean merely that he has no official information? Has he no information other than official information, seeing that this treaty was made months ago?
§ Mr. GRAHAMI am afraid I can only deal with the matter that is officially available from the Governments concerned.