HC Deb 06 November 1940 vol 365 cc1311-2
2. Mr. Dobbie

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any satisfactory progress is being made in regard to trade agreements between the British Ambassador at Moscow and the representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?

7. Mr. Price

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now make any statement about the prospects of an agreement between this country and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on commercial and other outstanding matters?

Mr. Butler

Trade discussions between His Majesty's Government and the Soviet Government are still in progress. I am not, however, in a position to make a more detailed statement than this at the present stage.