§ 21. Rear - Admiral Sir MURRAY SUETERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that Holland and Norway have currency clearing arrangements with Germany to enable those countries to sell large quantities of herring to Germany; and can he make similar arrangements applicable to our own fish exports?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI am aware that both Holland and Norway have exchange agreements with Germany which however, so far as I am aware, relate to trade generally and are not specially directed to the trade in herring. Proposals for an agreement of a similar character have been made by His Majesty's Government to the German Government, whose reply is still awaited.