§ Mr. Tudor Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is the amount of the approved expenditure up to 31st March, 1969, on the special winter programme for both improvements and maintenance for each of the highway authorities in Wales and the grants proposed under the supplementary estimate for principal roads;
(2) what is the amount of the approved expenditure up to 31st March, 1969, on the special winter programme for both improvements and maintenance for each of the highway authorities in Wales and the grants proposed under the supplementary estimate for non-principal roads.
Mr. nor DaviesThe information is as follows:
banks' lending credit in Scotland will be taken up in assisting importers to comply with the Import Deposits Scheme.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsAll the banks in the United Kingdom have been asked to take 599W a restrictive attitude towards lending to finance import deposits except where it can be shown that the imports in question make a contribution to improving the balance of payments. I am placing a copy of the Bank of England's latest Notice on Credit Restriction, dated 22nd November, in the Library.