§ 67. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the fact that trade talks have been arranged to take place in London in November between British and other Commonwealth Governments to get rid 140W of the dollar-sterling block to increased trade with Britain, what steps he is taking in this connection to promote greater trade between Scotland and Canada.
§ Mr. MackesonThe Conference will be concerned with broad issues of financial, commercial and economic policy which will, we all hope, lead to a general expansion of trade. Scottish industries, of course, share in the special assistance offered by Government services to exporters to Canada, but specific steps to increase exports from Scotland to Canada are primarily matters for the exporting industries concerned: imports from Canada have for the present to be curtailed because of the dollar shortage.