HC Deb 03 February 1937 vol 319 cc1601-2
62. Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have carried out their obligations under the Export Credits scheme; what is the profit made on the scheme; will consideration be given to the need to reduce the guarantee charges, and the need to increase the Soviet purchases from this country of pottery, cotton, and other manufactured goods; and will he take steps to make the

reduce the number of road accidents; and will he state why such a trial was not removed to the Old Bailey as was done in the case of the three Welsh Nationalists?

The Solicitor-General (Sir Terence O'Connor)

No action of the kind suggested could in the circumstances have been taken in this case. As the jury convicted on one charge and acquitted on the other, no question of removal of the trial could arise, as the trial was over and there was nothing to remove.