§ 71. Mr. Watkinsonasked the President of the Board of Trade what functions concerning industrial productivity have now been taken over by his Department.
§ Mr. H. StraussThe Board of Trade have taken over from the Treasury certain co-ordinating responsibilities in the field of industrial productivity. We now carry on our Vote, for example, the 111W grant made to the Anglo-American Council on Productivity, and deal with such Government action as may be required for furthering, in the field of productivity, American technical assistance and co-operation among the Western European countries.