§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state his plans for increasing trade and transport between the north-east of Scotland and Scandinavia.
§ Mr. RedheadThe Scandinavian countries are members of E.F.T.A. and have shared fully in the development of trade with all parts of the United Kingdom, including Scotland. which has resulted from the establishment of the Association and which we shall do everything possible to promote. We are encouraging the links between Scotland and the E.F.T.A. countries. The E.F.T.A. Ministerial meeting in July this year was held in Edinburgh; my right hon. Friend the Minister of Aviation has recently announced an increase in the number of S.A.S. flightsvia Prestwick between Scandinavia and the U.S.A.; Her Majesty's Government welcome and support the Mission which the Scottish 102W Council is sending to Denmark in the spring of 1965, and will, of course, encourage Scottish industries to play a full part in the British Trade Fair in Oslo in 1966.