HC Deb 01 August 1930 vol 242 cc929-30W
Mr. LOUIS SMITH

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can now state the full personnel of the Trade Mission to the Far East?

Mr. GILLETT

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Mossley (Mr. Gibson) on Wednesday, 30th July.

Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLE

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the British Trade Mission to the Far East will be advised to study the effect upon our trade with China of our retention of extra-territoriality and other privileges and, simultaneously, the effect upon German trade of the abandonment by Germany of such privileges; and, if not, whether he will consider the desirability of giving such advice?

Mr. GILLETT

No, sir. Extraterritoriality is primarily a political question, on which His Majesty's Government have already declared their policy. The British Trade Mission is concerned with commercial questions only, though, subject to this general limitation, it will have liberty to examine and report upon all considerations relevant to British trade in China.