§ 13. Mr. SMITHERSasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the approximate number of British commercial travellers who paid for commercial travellers' licences in Norway and Sweden during the last year for which statistics are available?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHComplete statistics as to the number of British commercial travellers visiting Norway and Sweden are not available but, as regards Norway, information obtained from the police authorities in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger shows that 256 British commercial travellers paid for licences in these four towns during 1930. I am endeavouring to obtain information on similar lines with regard to Sweden and I hope to be in a position to send some particulars to the hon. Member in the course of a few days.
§ Mr. SMITHERSIf our commercial travellers have to take out licences now in Sweden, why should not some action be taken by our Government to counteract that?