§ 44. Mr. MORGANasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any consideration has recently been given to the increase in reciprocal trade between this country and Palestine which would result if the existing duties imposed on 225 Palestine goods imported into this country were removed; and, if not, whether he will arrange for an early examination of this matter with a view to making an announcement of future policy during the forthcoming trade fair in Tel Aviv, when special attention will be focussed on the question of increasing trade with Palestine?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 10th February to the hon. and gallant Member for Coventry (Captain Strickland).
§ 61 and 62. Captain STRICKLANDasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department (1) whether, in view of the fact that arrangements have now been made for the official representation at the forthcoming Levant Fair at Tel Aviv of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Holland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Rumania, Switzerland, and Turkey, he will consider taking additional steps to improve the scope of official representation by Great Britain and to add to the restricted arrangements for British participation made up to date;
(2) in view of the large number of foreign countries officially participating in the Levant Fair, to be held at Tel Aviv in Palestine during May, and of the desirability of increasing the trade between this country and the mandated territory of Palestine, what steps are being taken by his Department to ensure that British participation in this Fair will be as effective as possible?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKI have been asked to reply. It is not proposed to take any further steps than those mentioned in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Mr. Morgan) on 17th February last.
§ Captain STRICKLANDHas the Department considered the advisability of sending a trade delegation representing this country to the Levant Fair?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKI could not say.