§ 21. Mr. NUNNasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the 1598 London Purchasing Commission, set up under the China Indemnity (Application) Act, 1931, have made any purchases of British aircraft for use in China; and, if not, whether he will cause the merits of British aircraft to be brought to the notice of the Chinese Government?
§ Mr. BALDWINMy right hon. Friend has no information of any such purchases. As regards the second part of the question, action has been regularly taken in this sense for some years, and will continue to be taken as opportunity offers.
§ 26. Mr. NUNNasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his attention has been drawn to the efforts of the Chinese Government to develop the use of aircraft as an efficient means of transport in the absence of adequate railway and road communication; and, in view of the activities of American and German firms, what steps he is taking to bring the superior quality of British aircraft to the notice of the Chinese Government?
§ Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLEThe answer to the first part of my hon. Friend's question is in the affirmative. The Department of Overseas Trade loses no opportunity of bringing the superior quality of British aircraft to the notice of the Chinese Government.