§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the President of the Board of Trade what action he has recently taken, or proposes to take, to facilitate increased output and exports by, and modernisation of, the pottery industry.
§ Mr. J. RodgersThe pottery industry is continuing to modernise and re-equip and the value of its output in 1959 was greater than in any previous year. The industry has a fine export tradition and exports amount to over 40 per cent. of total sales. The services of the Department are freely available to exporters, and the Board of Trade is always ready to do whatever it can to help.