§ Mr. A. T. DAVIESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware that the General Electric Company of Sweden has received important orders for electric generators for Canada; whether tenders for these supplies were placed in this country for the consideration of British manufacturers; and whether the Overseas Trade Department is kept informed of these contracts from British Overseas Dominions to foreign firms?
§ Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEYI am aware that this Swedish company, which had an active organisation in Canada, secured through its Toronto office an order for generators, transformers and a switchboard, forming part of the electrical equipment required in connection with the Quinze River Development Scheme. The Department of Overseas Trade drew the attention of a large number of United Kingdom manufacturers to the opportunity of competing for this contract. The Department normally receives information when such contracts are open to tender and of their eventual allocation.