§ Mr. S. Marshallasked the President of the Board of Trade why his Department refuses permission to send commercial samples of packed and processed foods to potential overseas customers seeing these samples are of no considerable quantity or value.
§ Mr. MarquandSamples of toodstuffs may be exported by sample post without an export licence, but a licence is required for the export of such samples in any other way. Consideration is given to applications to export samples of foodstuffs as freight, but licences cannot be issued for their export by parcel post as, in view of the difficult foodstuff position, there is a general ban on the export of foodstuffs in this way.