§ 79. Mr. MABANEasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his attention has been drawn to the difficulty experienced by manufacturers in Huddersfield and other parts of the country in securing sterling from foreign customers to whom goods have been sold; and whether the Government proposes to take any steps to assist in relieving this situation?
§ Major COLVILLE (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)I am fully aware of the difficulties experienced by manufacturers in this country in securing sterling payments due from customers in certain foreign countries. His Majesty's Representatives abroad are under instructions to report urgently not only 1271 particulars of restrictions imposed, but also any tendency to administer the regulations in a manner unfair to British exporters. Representations, either general or in regard to particular aspects of the effects of exchange control, have been made to the Governments of a number of countries, and I shall continue to give the closest attention to the possibility of steps likely to obviate the difficulties at present experienced.