Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 November 1961.
The fall in exports is, of course, of great concern, not only to the Government, but to the industry. With the help of my right hon. Friend's Department, manufacturers are making special efforts to recover lost ground in export markets and the latest figures, to which the hon. Member has referred, give grounds for a little hope.