§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will name the eight foreign countries with whom trade agreements have been entered into under which special concessions have been secured for United Kingdom herring; whether he can give figures showing what benefit, if any, has accrued; and what further steps he has under contemplation for promoting the export of herring, particularly from the Clyde?
§ Mr. StanleyTrade agreements under which specific concessions have been secured for United Kingdom herring exports have now been concluded with nine foreign countries, namely, Argentina, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and the United States of America. The agreement with the United States is of too recent a date for its results to be reflected as yet in the export statistics, but exports from the United Kingdom to the remaining eight countries of herring of the varieties for which concessions have been obtained in-1932W creased from £716,000 in 1932 to £979,000 in 1938—an increase of 35 per cent. As regards the last part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the answers which were given on the 6th and 7th February to the hon. Members for Fife, East (Mr. Henderson Stewart) and Stirling and Clackmannan, Western (Mr. T. Johnston).