§ Sir W. Smithersasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state in appropriate categories the quantities of machine tools and engineering goods that have been exported to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. BottomleyI am sending the hon. Member a statement showing details of exports of various types of machine tools and of enginering goods to the Soviet Union in each of the years 1945 to 1949. Further details for 1945 to 1947 will be found in Volumes 3 and 4 of the Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom, 1947 and, for 1948 and 1949, in the monthly Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for December, 1949.