Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 November 1961.
Much general publicity is already done for British industry and commerce overseas. Generalised advertising of British goods would not, in my right hon. Friend's view, which is supported by industry, be of sufficient value to justify the expenditure. It would not be right to use public funds to meet the advertising expenses of individual firms.