HC Deb 26 July 1923 vol 167 cc713-4W
Mr. SHINWELL

asked the President of the Board of Trade the countries, other than the Dominions with whom Great Britain has concluded commercial treaties?

Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEY

The commercial treaties entered into by this country, and in force before the War, will be found in the "Handbook of Commercial Treaties, etc., between Great Britain and Foreign Powers," by G. de Bernhardt, of which copies can be obtained through the Stationery Office. I understand that a copy is in the Library of this House. Since the publication of this work in 1912 the commercial treaties with ex-enemy countries have been superseded by the Peace Treaties and, in addition, commercial treaties and arrangements have been concluded with the following countries: Honduras, Portugal, Persia, Esthonia, Lithuania, Spain, Afghanistan, Latvia, Czecho-Slovakia, and Roumania. In addition, there is the Trade Agreement with Russia, and special arrangements regarding commercial travellers and their samples with Greece, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Germany.