§ Mr. Jenningsasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the policy of His Majesty's Government for developing the export trade of this country having regard to the controls and restrictions on the necessary labour and materials required for such export trade.
§ Mr. MarquandI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. and learned Friend gave yesterday to the hon. Member for Evesham Mr. De la Bère). I would add that, because of the importance attached to increasing our export trade as quickly as possible, special allocations of certain scarce raw materials have been made for export orders. As regards labour, industries and firms whose prospects of export business are good are given preferential treatment, within the general framework of the labour control arrangements, to enable them to build up the necessary labour force.