§ Major AINSWORTHasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if his attention has been called to negotiations for an international understanding in respect of the operations of the iron and coal industry; and whether he can make any statement on the subject?
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUELI am aware of the suggestions which have been made on various occasions as to negotiations for agreements of the kind mentioned. I am not aware, however, that there have been any developments in that direction except in respect of steel rails, as regards which I understand an agreement of the same kind that existed before the War has been re-established.