§ 39. Mr. Gaitskellasked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the policy of His Majesty's Government to encourage tourists to visit this country this summer.
§ Mr. MarquandIn view of the present scarcity of accommodation, we are taking no active steps to encourage tourists to visit this country before 1947. I might add, however, that this morning, at Tilbury, I had the great pleasure of welcoming the first party of Swedish tourists to visit this country since 1939. These tourists have brought their own food and during their stay will be sleeping in the ship which brought them.