§ Mr. DARBISHIREasked the President of the Board of Trade if he has received a communication from the British Chemical Trade Association, which was addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and passed on to him, containing proposals for the setting up of a licensing office in the Cologne area, which should be competent to deal with all consignments of British goods consigned to the United Kingdom or elsewhere overseas on British firms' account: and, if so, does he intend to endeavour to get it adopted by the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission?
§ Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEYI have I received the communication referred to. There are three licensing offices (Bad Ems, Dusseldorf and Essen) dealing with j their respective areas. To set up a fourth at Cologne dealing with British trade would add to the confusion.