§ 85. Mr. F. Noel-Bakerasked the President of the Board of Trade why Her Majesty's Government will not participate in the International Fair at Salonica this summer.
§ Mr. LowThe Government do not as a rule organise national pavilions at overseas trade fairs. The 1954 Salonica Fair was an exception. Inquiries made earlier this year suggested that on this occasion there would be little support for a British pavilion from United Kingdom manufacturers or their Greek agents, and in the circumstances it was decided that the organisation of a national pavilion would not be justified. This decision does not, of course, prevent, nor should it discourage the exhibition of British products elsewhere in the Fair, nor does it mean that we do not attach importance to our exports to Greece.