§ 25. Mr. GIBSONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any reason to believe that satisfactory arrangements can be made for a resumption of normal trade relations with Turkey and a cessation of trade discrimination against this country?
§ Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLEI would refer my hon. Friend to the answers which my right hon. Friend gave on 29th November to the hon. and gallant Member for Blackpool (Captain Erskine-Bolst) and on 4th December to the hon. Member for East Wolverhampton (Mr. Mander). I cannot at present usefully add anything to those replies.
§ Mr. GIBSONIs the Minister aware of the fact that for one or two years large quantities of goods have been lying in the Customs in Istanbul and that it is impossible to get them to Turkey, although the goods have been made specially for that market; may I also ask if he could give us a more hopeful answer than the one to which he has just referred if I put down another question?
§ Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLEIf the hon. Member looks at the answers to which I have referred, he will see that active steps are being taken to find a solution of this difficulty. Instructions have been sent to His Majesty's Ambassador at Angora on the subject.