Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce

– in the House of Commons on 2 December 1958.

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    asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce an order to abolish the protective duty on all imported machinery.

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    asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards imperial preference.

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