§ Captain Kerbyasked the President of the Board of Trade how many visits to the Continent by British industrial teams have been sponsored by the British Productivity Council in the past two years; and what action is being taken to follow up the visits of British teams to the United States of America under the sponsorship of the former Anglo-American Council on Productivity.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe Council has, during the period mentioned, sponsored one visit by a British industrial team to the Continent.
As regards the second part of the Question, all the British teams to the United States have issued reports, the last one being published in September, 1954. The follow-up action taken by the British Productivity Council has included organising a large number of conferences throughout the country on the subject of these reports. Further, the Council is publishing Reviews of Productivity in the majority of the industries which sent teams to the United States; twenty-seven such Reviews have appeared to date. In their work generally the Council are making use of the knowledge of American practice and outlook gained by these team visits to the United States.