HC Deb 06 April 1939 vol 345 c2978
42. Mr. Craven-Ellis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will arrange for the publication of the hitherto unpublished annex to Article 18 of the Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States of America, specifying more precisely what variation in the rate of exchange either contracting party would consider substantial?

Sir J. Simon

My hon. Friend is mistaken in thinking that any unpublished annex of the kind referred to exists.

Mr. Craven-Ellis

May I ask whether the Government are satisfied that the present high level of the pound sterling in the foreign exchange market is advantageous to export trade?

Sir J. Simon

I think my hon. Friend must have intended to put that supplementary on an earlier question