§ Mr. Parkerasked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he will inform the House about the circumstances in which it was decided to place the name of the Amsterdam banking firm, H. Albert de Bary and Company, on the statutory list; whether he was aware at the beginning of the war that the firm in question was under German control; and why the decision to place the firm on the statutory list has been delayed for over five months?
§ Mr. R. S. HudsonI have been asked to reply. As the Member has previously been informed, it is not in the public interest to give reasons for action taken in particular cases under the powers conferred on the Board of Trade by Subsection (2) of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act.