HC Deb 20 December 1966 vol 738 cc305-6W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many people have visited the British Trade Centre in New York each week since it was opened; how many British firms exhibit

Mr. Darling

The following is the information:

there; how many display cases have been empty for part or all of the time; and why Mr. Robert Claessens, the Director of the Centre, resigned.

Mr. Jay

Until 1st December the British Trade Centre in New York was the responsibility of the British American Chamber of Commerce. I understand from them that the average weekly attendance since the opening has been 1,135; that 149 firms have exhibited; and that of 150 display cases 11 were not filled during the first three months and 9 during the second. Relations with its employees are a matter for the Chamber.