§ 24. Mr. Dayasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he will state, according to the figures that may be available, the amount spent on encouraging tourist traffic for the 10 months ended to the last convenient date by the Government of Great Britain, including the grants made to the Travel Association of Great Britain; and which foreign countries maintain State subsidised bureaux in Great Britain?
§ Captain Euan Wallace (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)I cannot give figures for 10 months, but His Majesty's Government made a grant of £5,000 to the Travel and Industrial Development Association for the financial year 1936–37, ending on the 31st of this month. With regard to the second part of the question, 13 a number of countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland, maintain State-subsidised bureaux in Great Britain.
§ Mr. DayIs it a fact that Continental countries have made much bigger grants than we do, and could we not increase the grants?
§ Captain WallaceThe present Government has made this country so attractive that an extra grant is not necessary.