§ 88. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent the Government's recently announced retrictions on imports has reduced the import of fruit machines, juke-boxes and similar machines; and whether he will publish a table of figures giving the sterling and, or, foreign currency that has been spent on these types of imports for the longest and latest convenient periods of time, and dates.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyIt is too early to consider the effect of the import deposit scheme. I will, with permission, circulate a run of import figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS £'000s c.i.f Coin-operated gramophones (including record players) with electrical amplification* Coin-operated amusement machines and parts 1967 966 4,227 1968 1,093 4,246 1967— Q.1 247 1,032 Q.2 261 1,196 Q.3 196 1,000 Q.4 262 999 1968— Q.1 380 1,889 Q.2 247 982 Q.3 223 519 Q.4 243 857 October 109 291 November 92 359 December 41 207 * Not available before 1967