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Account ordered,
relating to Overseas Trade of the United Kingdom for each month during the year 1969.—[Mr. Crosland.]
§ Mr. RidleyOn a point of order. May I ask whether the Order Paper is correct—that the accounts of the United Kingdom's overseas trade for the year 1969 are really to be laid before the House? This would seem a remarkable degree of prescience. Is this the case or is it that there is a misprint?
§ Mr. SpeakerI cannot interpret the Order Paper. The hon. Member must do so himself.
§ At the end of Questions—
§ Mr. SpeakerI was asked a point of order by the hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (Mr. Ridley) about the Trade Return. I am advised by the Table that the year 1969 in the Motion is quite correct. The Report is moved for in advance of the year to enable the Board of Trade to begin producing the required accounts on a monthly basis from next January.