§ Sir K. Josephasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when considering when and how to relax the credit squeeze, whether he will bear in mind the effect on nickel-using firms of the sharp increase in the free market price of the metal due to the strike in Canada and their consequent need for greater credit.
Mr. Roy JenkinsII do not consider the time has yet arrived when we can contemplate a general relaxation of credit control. am, however, well aware of the difficulties facing the industries concerned and will bear them in mind at all appropriate times.