Dr. DAVIES:

asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he can now make any statement as to the progress being made in connection with the promotion of the Travel Association of Great Britain and Ireland?

The Travel Association of Great Britain and Ireland was incorporated on 15th April as a company limited by guarantee. Membership application forms are now available and have been circulated widely throughout Great Britain and Ireland, and an appeal for a wide and representative membership was recently made by the President of the Association, my right hon. Friend, the Earl of Derby, in a letter to the leading newspapers. Membership is unlimited and if any Members of this House or any interests they represent have not received a form, I hope they will let me know.