§ 54. Mr. Errollasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he refused an exchange licence for £70,000 to enable the British Aluminium Company to complete, at their works in Norway, a project for the manufacture of a special product which cannot be made in England.
§ The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Glenvil Hall)This decision has already been reconsidered in the light of further information, and the application has been allowed.
§ Mr. ErrollWas it supplied by the company, or did the Minister think it up for himself?
§ Mr. Glenvil HallThe matter was looked at again in consultation with the Departments concerned—that is the Departments other than the Treasury—and it was then thought it would be a reasonable thing to grant it.
§ Mr. ErrollWhy did they not make the right decision in the first place?