§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his attention has been called to the statement in the Report for 1927–28 of the British commercial secretary at Oslo, wherein he remarks on the unwillingness of British manufacturers to conform to the requirements of the Norwegian market in respect of textiles, and notably fancy cotton goods; and whether he will consider the advisability of instructing all British trade agents to send home, for exhibition in the British industrial districts immediately affected, specimens of goods for which there is a good market, which our competitors supply and which our manufacturers do not?
§ Mr. GILLETTI am aware of the published statements made by the commercial secretary, His Majesty's Legation, Oslo, to which the hon. Member directs attention. My Department has for some years past been carrying out the method of trade promotion described in the question. I am sending the hon. Member a copy of the commercial secretary's Report and a leaflet describing the foreign samples service of the Department of Overseas Trade.