§ Mr. MANDERasked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the names of the committee set up in accordance with the decision of the Imperial Conference to consider the future organisation of the Empire Marketing Board?
Mr. THOMASThe committee in question is a committee of the Empire Marketing Board, and its membership is as follows:
- Mr. W. Lunn, M.P. (Chairman).
- The Right Hon. L. S. Amery, M.P.
- Mrs. Cottrell.
- Mr. J. W. Dulanty, C.B., C.B.E.
- Sir Edward Harding, K.C.M.G., C.B.
- Mr. L. Hore-Belisha, M.P.
- Mr. F. L. McDougall, C.M.G.
Sir B. EYRES MONSELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what steps the Empire Marketing Board propose to take to advertise home-grown fruit and vegetables in the coming season?
34Wand Germany, the values of the imports and exports during 1930 of (1) all descriptions of merchandise and (2) goods classed as wholly or partly manufactured.
§ Mr. LUNNApart from the grants made available through the Empire Marketing Fund to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture for Scotland for direct foreground publicity for Home National Mark products, the Empire Marketing Board propose, in the course of their general publicity campaign in favour of Empire products, to call special attention to home-grown fruit and vegetables in the coming season by means of new posters on the Board's special frames, by continuing the issue of display material for shops and of leaflets to the public, by broadcast talks and in films. The Board will also be providing facilities for advertising home-grown fruit and vegetables at exhibitions and shops in which the Board give free space to the Ministry of Agriculture, the Department of Agriculture for Scotland and the Ministry of Agriculture of Northern Ireland for the display of home agricultural products.