§ 30. Sir L. Plummerasked the President of the Board of Trade in how many cases the exceptions procedure has been applied to the export of embargoed goods to Poland and Bulgaria, respectively; and what were the goods, amounts and values involved.
§ Sir D. EcclesSince the revision of the lists in August, 1954, we have granted one hundred and fifty-one licences for embargoed exports to Poland and four for embargoed exports to Bulgaria. In almost all cases the goods involved were goods in the metals and chemical groups. All but ten were for values of less than £40; and where the values were greater all were for spare parts for equipment previously supplied from this country.
§ Sir L. PlummerMay I assume from that answer that the President of the Board of Trade will continue to use his maximum efforts to free trade with these countries as he did trade with China?
§ Sir D. EcclesThat is rather a different question. These are exceptions for goods on the embargo list, and we have said that these have to be rare and only trifling in amounts.
§ Sir L. PlummerWill the right hon. Gentleman pay attention to the revision of the embargo list?
§ Sir D. EcclesNot for the time being.