HC Deb 20 June 1961 vol 642 c114W
Sir C. Osborne

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will print several millions of copies of extracts from the Bank of International Settlement's recent report, such as those which show that British exports rose in the last seven years by only 28 per cent. as compared with 156 per cent. in Germany, 180 per cent. in Italy, 92 per cent. in the Netherlands and 50 per cent. in world trade generally, because British prices rose 10 per cent. against 2 per cent. in Germany and a 4 per cent. drop in Switzerland; if he will circulate these to all employers with a request that they be placed in every wage and salary packet; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Selwyn Lloyd

I sympathise with my hon. Friend's ideas that these facts should be widely known. I will bear in mind this particular suggestion.