§ Mr. Saltasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Bank of England is refusing applications for sufficient foreign exchange to enable British subjects to continue their annual subscriptions to American learned technical and scientific societies; and whether arrangements can be made to enable such small payments to continue to he made, having regard to the value of the connections involved?
§ Captain CrookshankIt is not the present practice of the Bank of England to refuse applications for reasonable amounts of dollars in respect of subscriptions to recognised American learned, technical and scientific societies. If my hon. Friend has any specific case in mind, I should be glad if he would let me have particulars.