§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will seek to introduce legislation to enable him to make payments to small firms which have found it 9W necessary to obtain professional advice to reply to questionnaires circulated by his Department.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe Bolton committee in its report on small firms—Cmnd. 4811—considered this idea but concluded that the suggestion should not be taken further. The Government are continuing with their efforts to reduce the burden of form-filling on small firms.