HC Deb 03 April 1947 vol 435 c2195
9. Mr. Dodds-Parker

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is satisfied that the Travel Association fully appreciate the importance of a knowledge of languages in staffing its new Tourist Information Centre; and how many languages are spoken by the staff at that centre.

Sir S. Cripps

I am informed that the foreign languages spoken by the staff of the centre are French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian and Urdu.