§ Viscount LYMINGTONasked the President of the Board of Trade the estimated value of increased exports per annum that will take place as a result of the Danish Trade Agreement and the estimated amount of extra employment that will be given thereby?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANIt is not possible to give any estimate of the increase in exports or in employment which may result from the agreement in general. So far, however, as concerns the provisions relating to increased purchases by Denmark embodied in' the Protocol, these alone will result in an increase compared with 1931 in the exports from the United Kingdom to Denmark of about £1,200,000 per annum and an increase in employment of between 5,500 and 6,000 persons. But I would remind the House that these are by no means the only provisions of advantage to this country contained in the agreement.