HC Deb 20 July 1961 vol 644 c148W
39. Mr. Fisher

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in order to assist the United Kingdom balance of trade without reducing aid to the emerging countries of the Commonwealth, he will consider reimposing restrictions at least temporarily upon non-essential imports.

Mr. Maudling

No. As I said in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Louth (Sir C. Osborne) on 11th July, we must seek the remedy for our present problems in the expansion of exports rather than the restriction of imports.