§ Mr. Wellbelovedasked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to assist potential exporters to benefit from professional marketing research.
§ Mr. CroslandI am proposing to introduce a scheme under which the Board of Trade will, in a limited number of selected cases, supplement the market information obtained for potential exporters by the existing Government services, by contributing one half of the cost of professional marketing research. It is expected that expenditure on this scheme in 1968–69 will be a maximum of £75,000. I shall be presenting a Supplementary Estimate in due course, but in the meantime any necessary advances will be made from the Civil Contingencies Fund.