HC Deb 13 February 1933 vol 274 c621
57. Sir BASIL PETO

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of visitors from America to this country in 1932, and what their average expenditure was per head; and whether, with a view to encouraging tourist traffic from the United States of America to this country, he will take steps to equalise the visa charge of 10 dollars for Great Britain to that charged by France of two dollars?

Sir J. SIMON

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend, the Member for North Lanark (Mr. Anstruther-Gray) on Thursday last.

Sir B. PETO

Arising from that reply, in which the right hon. Gentleman stated that 80,000 American tourists came to this country, does he not think that it is sometimes worth using a sprat to catch a whale?