HC Deb 31 January 1968 vol 757 c316W
62. Mr. John Hall

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details, as far as possible, of the value of Commonwealth preference received by and given to this country on its trade in the earliest year or period of years following the end of the last war and in the latest year or period of years to date.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody

Evaluations of preferences are difficult, but articles in the Board of Trade Journal of 11th June and 31st December, 1965 compared estimates of the average incidence of preference on the trade both ways in 1961–62 with the results of an earlier study for 1948.