Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce. – in the House of Commons at on 20 February 1940.
Mr Ellis Smith
, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Export Council have given consideration to the position and prospects of the pottery and earthenware industry; and what arrangements have, or are to be made, to stimulate the increase of exports of pottery, earthenware and the products of their ancillary trades?
Sir Andrew Duncan
, City of London
The reply to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. Discussions with representatives of this industry are proceeding.
