§ 10. Mr. Ellis Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade to make a statement on his proposals to provide more encouragement for the expansion and further modernisation of the pottery industry.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe Government's fiscal and economic policy has been to encourage industry to expand and modernise. The pottery industry has certainly not been backward in these matters.
§ Mr. Ellis SmithDoes the right hon. Gentleman not agree that the pottery industry has made a great contribution to the expansion of our export trade and that, if more encouragement were given and some modernisation carried out, the industry could make a still greater contribution?
§ Mr. ThorneycroftI certainly agree that the pottery industry has made a great contribution, thanks, in part at any rate, to the policy pursued by Her Majesty's Government.