§ 7. Sir Waldron Smithersasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of the quantity and value of surplus war material treated as exports and included in exports returns for the year ended 31st October, 1948.
§ Mr. H. WilsonI cannot add to the reply given to the hon. Member on 2nd November.
§ Sir W. SmithersDoes it not really amount to dishonest accounting if these non-recurring items are shown to swell our exports, and will the right hon. Gentleman make quite clear how much of our exports are made up of these nonrecurring articles?
§ Sir W. WakefieldCan the right hon. Gentleman say how much of this war material has gone to the Soviet Union or Soviet controlled countries?
§ Mr. WilsonI think that fairly full figures on this subject, so far as exports to the Soviet Union are concerned, were given in a written answer by my hon. Friend the Secretary for Overseas Trade on Monday last.