HC Deb 05 June 1961 vol 641 cc71-2W
Miss Bacon

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he advised the Leeds Police in 1960 to con-

IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF NEW CARS (INCLUDING TAXIS)
ASSEMBLED AND UNASSEMBLED
— 1956 1957 1958
No. £ No. £ No. £
Total Imports … … 7,003 2,468,269 8,908 3,112,743 11,040 3,988,455
Imports from—
Canada … … 100 82,659 152 138,142 205 196,160
Sweden … … 5 2,658 4 1,806 54 31,001
Germany, Western … … 4,098 1,337,565 4,560 1,588,799 5,555 2,082,227
France … … 1,887 484,793 2,955 793,139 4,101 1,106,058
Italy … … 533 188,058 1,047 371,015 824 274,733
United States … … 264 310,154 149 184,264 199 238,249
— 1959 1960
No. £ No. £
Total Imports … … … … 27,064 8,952,476 57,393 19,164,279
Imports from—
Canada … … … … 330 339,243 448 453,770
Sweden … … … … 458 263,539 413 225,831
Germany, Western … … … … 8,223 2,854,879 12,997 4,819,552
France … … … … 14,413 4,114,784 38,257 11,651,451
Italy … … … … 3,042 934,937 4,475 1,423,583
United States … … … … 270 324,857 324 423,059

sider renting rather than buying a telephone switchboard at Police Headquarters, Leeds.

Mr. R. A. Butler

While making it clear that the matter was one for its decision, I invited the police authority to consider the possibility of renting a switchboard since this course might have certain financial advantages. The police authority, accepting this view, decided to proceed on the basis of rental rather than of purchase.