HC Deb 30 June 1937 vol 325 cc1946-7
23. Mr. Storey

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Crown Agents for the Colonies have taken any action on behalf of the Palestine Government to advertise Jaffa citrus fruit by broadcasting through Luxembourg to the British Isles?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

The Crown Agents for the Colonies, at the direct request of the Palestine Department of Agriculture, recently obtained from advertising agents in this country particulars of the terms on which broadcast publicity could be obtained for Palestine citrus fruit. The question of the best method of advertising is under consideration.

Mr. Storey

Does the right hon. Gentleman think it is any use His Majesty's Government making representations about the use of an unauthorised wave length at Luxembourg and the broadcasting of English advertisements from there, when his Department is calling for tenders for advertising from there?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

I have not called for any tenders.

Mr. Storey

The Crown Agents, I understand, have called for tenders. Is it any use of the Government making representations about the broadcasting of English advertisements from Luxembourg when the Crown Agents are asking for tenders for advertising there?

Mr. Ede

Are we to understand that these are waves which Britannia does not rule?