HC Deb 05 July 1949 vol 466 c145W
73. Mr. McCorquodale

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will now allow the insurance brokers, whose names have been given him, permission to use the second-hand noiseless American typewriter which their American partners have sent them as a gift and which is now in this country.

Mr. Bottomley

No. An import licence has been refused for the reasons which have been fully explained to the hon. Member.