Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 November 1961.
Would the Minister like to make any comment on the serious position which these figures reveal, in spite of an improvement in the last few weeks? He will be aware that the total is down by 37·9 per cent., that in the United States it is down by 83·5 per cent., in Canada by 53·2 per cent. and in the remainder of the Commonwealth by 18·4 per cent. These are very bad figures indeed. What is the Department doing to assist and persuade the motor industry to improve its export performance?