§ Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the President of the Board of Trade what are the names of the chairman, directors and managers of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation; how many persons are in the direct employment of the Corporation; in what countries and in what broad classes of merchandise it operates; and what is the approximate annual turnover in imports to, and exports from, the United Kingdom, respectively.
§ Mr. DaltonThe Board of Directors of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation are: Chairman: Viscount Swinton; Acting Chairman: Sir Francis Joseph, Bt.; Directors: Mr. A. Chester Beatty, Mr. A. D. Campbell, Mr. G. A. McEwen, Mr. J. H. Hambro*, Captain J. A. Leighton*, Mr. E. H. Lever, Mr. C. P. Lister*, Sir Frank Nixon*. Mr. L. C. Paton*, Mr. E. J. Shearer*.
* Managing Directors.
The number of persons in the direct employment of the Corporation at home and abroad on the 1st January, 1944, was 1,091. The Corporation operates in the following countries: Aden, Argentina, Ceylon, Cyprus, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Libya, North Africa (French), Palestine, Persia, Portugal, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tangier, Turkey, U.S.A., West Africa [French). The broad classes of merchandise which it handles are those required to fulfil Government programmes. It would not be in the national interest to publish figures showing the annual value of the trade handled by the Corporation.