HC Deb 20 February 1951 vol 484 c1062
57. Brigadier Clarke

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in what currency, goods or services the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics paid for the jet engines sold to them by this country.

Mr. Gaitskell

In sterling.

Brigadier Clarke

Does not the right hon. Gentleman consider that he could have got better value for British jet engines than the buying of £2 million worth of Russian crab?

Mr. Gaitskell

The Question relates to the currency in which we received this money. The answer is, "Sterling."