§ 15. Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give an indication as to the number of tourists who have arrived in this country during recent weeks.
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Ede)Plans are being made for the promotion of tourist traffic next year, but conditions this year have made it impracticable to encourage such traffic. No figures are available, but the number of short term visitors who can properly be classified as tourists must be very small.
§ Mr. JannerWill the Minister take every possible measure to encourage tourists to come to this country, and, in particular, will he see that the beauty and amenities of such cities as Leicester and counties as Leicestershire are publicised and made generally known for this purpose?
§ Major Peter RobertsCan the right hon. Gentleman say if the comparatively low number of tourists is due to the present Government?
§ Mr. EdeNo, Sir. I do not think so. There are numbers of people who are very anxious to see how we are getting on.