§ 68. Sir William Darlingasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that permission to negotiate an order for£250,000 pounds sterling in Norway has been refused by his Department, because£25,000 worth of Norwegian-produced goods form the basis for the bargain; and whether this is the considered policy of his Department.
§ Sir S. CrippsI am aware that certain proposals for a possible export to Norway in return for an undertaking to import from Norway were made to my Department. The applicant has not yet furnished certain information for which he was asked, but, in general, I am not prepared to allow the import of goods which are unnecessary in order to secure export trade.