§ 52. Colonel J. H. Harrisonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applications during 1951 were made by British salesmen for extra currency overseas; and to how much this amounted.
§ Sir A. SalterNo statistics of applications made are available; but about 87,500 applications for currency for business purposes were granted, totalling over £9 million.
§ Colonel HarrisonDoes not my right hon. Friend think that this is a very small percentage of our export sales? Would he do everything possible to encourage a greater number of salesmen to go abroad and offer our goods all over the world, as we depend so much on the export trade?
§ Sir A. SalterI think that reasonable arrangements are already made, and I do not know that business abroad is, in fact, being restricted in the way my hon. and gallant Friend suggests.