§ Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Minister of Supply what steps he is taking to stimulate the manufacture in Great Britain of spare parts for cash registers, so as to end the dependence of this country for these spare parts on supplies from abroad and to reduce the dollar expenditure which, in the past 12 months, amounted to £322,715.
§ Mr. J. JonesA very large proportion of these spare parts is being imported from the United States for assembly as part of the scheme to build up the complete manufacture in this country of cash registers. Special arrangements have been made for the allocation of steel and other raw materials and for the delivery of machine tools and jigs. There shown be a rapid reduction in the annual value of the imports, but it will be necessary to import a limited quantity for some time to service cash registers imported before the war.