§ Mr. Hoggasked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, in view of the fact that shipping space between this country and the Middle East is not being fully utilised, he will grant permits to travel to this part of the world for the purpose of advancing British trade.
§ Mr. JohnstoneI am informed by the Ministry of War Transport that shipping space between this country and the Middle East is being fully utilised. Sea transport is at present adequate to the number of visitors whose journeys are being sponsored by my Department on the ground that they are in the national interest and their object is the furtherance of export trade.