§ 4. Squadron-Leader Donnerasked the President of the Board of Trade the value of U.S. exports of manufactures to Eire during the past six months, as compared with those from this country.
§ Sir S. CrippsExports to Eire of United Kingdom goods classified as wholly or mainly manufactured amounted to £6,140,000 in the six months April to September, 1945. The value of similar goods exported from the United States to Eire during this period was roughly £320,000.
§ Squadron-Leader DonnerIs the Minister aware that Dublin shops are full of American goods and that this represents a failure to capture a market on our doorstep?
§ Sir S. CrippsI cannot see how that could be, as we exported 20 times more goods to Eire than America.
Lieut.-Colonel LindsayWill the Minister read his replies a little more slowly, so that we can hear them?