§ 16. Mr. JANNERasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what is the latest available information as to official participation by foreign countries in the enlarged Levant Fair at Tel Aviv which is to be opened next month; what is the approximate amount of money being spent and space taken by each of these countries; and how this will compare with the expenditure and space taken by Great Britain?
§ Lieut.-Colonel J. COLVILLE (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)According to the most recent information supplied by the fair authorities, the following countries, in addition to the United Kingdom, will be participating officially at the fair: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Japan, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. There is reason to think that participation, official or otherwise, is also contemplated by Czechoslovakia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Lithuania, Norway, Rumania and Yugoslavia. Very few details are given by the fair authorities as to the extent of these participations or as to the funds to be expended thereon, but, as I have previously stated, I have reason to believe that the participation by this country will be on a satisfactory scale.