§ Colonel Stoddart-Scottasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that reputable and long-established importers of British textiles in the Argentine are in ignorance as to which firms have been given quotas to import; and if, in view of this, he is satisfied that licences have in fact been issued to cover the £2,250,000 under the Andes Agreement allocated for woollen and worsted suitings and coatings.
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§ Mr. BottomleyThe Argentine Government have not issued any analysis of the import quota for woollen goods but the indications are that, except for a small reserve, licences covering the agreed quota have now been issued. The distribution of these licences, is of course, a matter for the Argentine Government, whose attention has been drawn to our keen interest in maintaining long-established channels of trade.
§ Colonel Stoddart-Scottasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give an assurance that under any further agreement with the Argentine Government, import licences will be issued for the whole of the amount agreed to and not only for a proportion of the sum.
§ Mr. BottomleyI can assure the hon. and gallant Member that this point will be very much in our minds in framing the terms of any further trade agreement with Argentina.