asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he will inform the House about the nature of the safeguards obtained from Norway, Sweden, Belgium and other neutral countries against the re-export to Germany of part of the goods imported by these countries from overseas with His Majesty's Government's consent?

I fear I am unable to reveal the terms of the agreements made with foreign Governments regarding war trade. As I explained in my statement on 27th February, our first objective has been to obtain guarantees against re-export to Germany, and we have satisfied ourselves that the Governments concerned have the necessary machinery to carry out these guarantees.