HC Deb 04 March 1936 vol 309 c1403W
Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLE

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether a commercial counsellor assisted by a Treasury expert will be delegated to represent unorganised bodies of British investors, other than railway shareholders, when the Argentine trade agreement is reconsidered, in order to protect the £300,000,000 of sterilised miscellaneous investments, in view of the fact that the exchange tax and maize negotiations of the Anglo-Argentine railway directorates have failed to secure a return upon £200,000,000 of Argentine railway capital?

Captain WALLACE

I can assure my hon. Friend that His Majesty's Government when undertaking trade negotiations make full use of the expert advice at their disposal.