§ 108. Mr. Nabarroasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Warsaw Pact countries and other Soviet satellites have recently made many valuable contributions to industrial equipment in the United Kingdom; whether he will now take steps to expedite the review foreshadowed in November, 1957, in connection with restrictions originally imposed for strategical reasons upon United Kingdom exports to the Warsaw Pact countries and other Soviet satellites; and whether he will make an early statement.
§ Mr. Vaughan-MorganI would not accept my hon. Friend's suggestion that these countries have made valuable contributions to our industrial equipment. As regards our exports to them, we shall continue to exert all the influence we can to secure an agreed adjustment of any controls which in our judgment no longer62W serve a strategic purpose. The controls will be reviewed in consultation with our partners in the Paris Group as soon as this can be arranged, but I am not at present in a position to promise an early statement.