HC Deb 12 July 1956 vol 556 cc565-6
10. Mr. Bottomley

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about the visit to the United Kingdom of the Soviet trade mission.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

A delegation of Russian experts led by Mr. Malyshev, a Deputy-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. has now arrived in this country. I have already had a useful exchange of views with Mr. Malyshev about the Soviet purchasing programme submitted during the visit of Mr. Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev. We are arranging a programme of visits to factories, and we shall show Mr. Malyshev that the possibilities are there for a large increase in Soviet purchases of United Kingdom goods.

Mr. Bottomley

In welcoming the statement, might I express the hope that the President will continue to keep in close touch with the Soviet trade mission and, at a final meeting, give it a list of all the things that can be obtained in the United Kingdom?