§ LORD WINSTERMy Lords, I beg to ask the second Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
§ [The Question was as follows:
§ To ask whether Her Majesty's Government have received any notification 460 from the Government of the United States to the effect that in future Federal agencies would cease paying foreign shipowners to carry goods if they also traded with enemy countries and if a clause to this end is to be written into American Government contracts with foreign shipping.]
THE MARQUESS OF READINGMy Lords, no such notification has been received by Her Majesty's Government from the Government of the United States.
§ LORD WINSTERMy Lords, I beg to thank the noble Marquess for that reply.