HC Deb 16 December 1954 vol 535 c176W
60. Mr. Swingler

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will issue an explanatory note on Article 2 of the Strategic Goods (Control) Order, 1954, specifying in what types of cases there is reasonable cause to believe at present that strategic goods exported from the United Kingdom are being re-exported to the countries named in the Second Schedule of the Order.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

No.

61. Mr. Swingler

asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent, and in what respects, the Strategic Goods (Control) Order, 1954, laid on 9th December, relaxes or tightens existing controls on trade with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and China.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

To the extent that transaction control is introduced in addition to the existing controls, but without adding to the number of goods controlled.