Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 December 1973.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
, Kinross and West Perthshire
12:00,
19 December 1973
I do not think that we want to try to be restrictive. We want to increase the trade between out two countries. But I made it very clear, of course, that the imbalance should be corrected, and the Russians agreed to try to do that. A number of quite large contracts are now being considered, and they could make a considerable difference to the picture if they are awarded.