§ 25. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the approximate figures of the value of orders placed in this country by the Russian Government between 1st April, 1934, and April, 1935?
§ Lieut.-Colonel COLVILLEThere are no United Kingdom official statistics regarding the value of orders placed in this country. According to an unofficial source, the value of orders placed by the Soviet Union in this country during the period specified amounted to £10,119,937. These orders were, of course, not confined to goods of United Kingdom origin or manufacture.