HC Deb 28 February 1952 vol 496 cc186-7W
114. Mr. C. I. Orr-Ewing

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many import licences have been issued since 1945 for arc-lamp coloured gelatines from the United States of America; and what has been the total expenditure on such gelatines.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

There is no record in my Department of the issue of any import licences since 1945 for arc-lamp coloured gelatines, as such, from the United States of America. It is, of course, possible that some may have been imported under a licence issued for some more general description, but arc-lamp coloured gelatines are not separately specified in the trade returns of the United Kingdom.