§ 63. Colonel Stoddart-Scottasked the President of the Board of Trade whether when the Canadian employees of Hield Brothers' Ontario factory send a parcel of packed food for a Christmas dinner for the employees of the Bradford factory, his Department will give this firm permission to receive this gift; and whether plans have been made for removal of the regulations and dilatory procedure which prevented its arrival last year.
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§ Mr. BottomleyWhile I cannot promise in advance that an import licence will be granted in any particular case, I can assure the hon. and gallant Member that every consideration will be given to applications such as the one to which he refers. As my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary explained to the hon. and gallant Member in his letter of 31st May, we cannot alter the existing gift parcel regulations, but we have made administrative arrangements which should avoid delays of the kind which have occurred in the past in the case of bulk gift parcels.