§ Mr. WINGasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that, at a meeting of the Advisory Committee held 906W at Whitehall Gardens on the 4th October, the question of promoting British trade with Russia and Italy and the employment of foreigners as commercial travellers was considered; and will he see that, in any Government-aided scheme or schemes under Government patronage, the British commercial traveller is considered, especially in view of recent disclosures and exposures of neglected British trade handled by men of other nationalities?
Mr. ROBERTSI fully appreciate the importance of the employment of British commercial travellers for British overseas trade in preference to foreigners, wherever possible, and I have no doubt that full weight will be given to this consideration in any schemes which may be framed for the development of that trade.
§ Mr. WINGasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that at a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Intelligence held at Whitehall Gardens on the 4th October it was resolved to recommend a special commercial mission to Spain and Portugal; and will he recommend that a representative commercial traveller be attached to that mission?
Mr. ROBERTSThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The suggestion in the second part shall be borne in mind.