HC Deb 05 June 1956 vol 553 c49W
Mr. Osborne

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the fact that Communist China now owns sterling balances in the region of £100 million, he will scrap the special China list altogether and permit China to purchase any goods that can be purchased by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Mr. Dodds-Parker

No. As my right hon. Friend said on 30th May, we have to act in this matter with our Allies.