HC Deb 23 May 1916 vol 82 cc1993-4W
Mr. EUGENE WASON

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give the names of the Members of this House and other gentlemen who form the Committee that is now advising His Majesty's Government on the subject of war trade and blockade?

Lord ROBERT CECIL

My right hon. Friend no doubt refers to the War Trade Advisory Committee appointed to advise on the restriction of the enemy's supplies, to co-ordinate the administration of the War Trade Department, the Contraband Committee, and the Enemy Exports Committee, and to advise the Cabinet on questions of policy arising from the work of these bodies. It consists of the following members:

  • Right Hon. Sir F. J. S. Hopwood, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. (Chairman).
  • Right Hon. Lord Emmott, G.C.M.G., Director, War Trade Department.
  • Sir Nathaniel Highmore, K.C.B., War Trade Department.
  • Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, M.P., War Trade Department.
  • Right Hon. Sir George Cave, K.C., M.P., Solicitor-General.
  • Commander the Right Hon. F. Leverton Harris, M.P., Chairman, Enemy Exports Committee.
  • Mr. E. M. Pollock, K.C., M.P., Chairman, Contraband Committee
  • Sir Leo Chiozza Money, M.P., Ministry of Munitions.
  • Mr. C. J. B. Hurst, C.B., K.C., Foreign Office.
  • Mr. A. H. D. R. Steel-Maitland, M.P., Colonial Office.
  • Right Hon. Lord Islington, G.C.M.G., D.S.O., India Office.
  • Mr. H. H. Fawcett, War Office.
  • Brigadier-General C. K. Cockerill, War Office.
  • Vice-Admiral Sir E. J. W. Slade, K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., Admiralty.
  • Captain E. G. Pretyman, M.P., Board of Trade.
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  • Mr. G. J. Stanley, C.B., C.M.G., Board of Trade.
  • Mr. R. H. Rew, C.B., Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Sir M. P. A. Hankey, K.C.B., Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence.
  • Mr. D. O. Malcolm, War Trade Intelligence Department.
  • Mr. L. C. Liddell, M.V.O. (Secretary).

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