§ 14. Sir C. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will publish as a White Paper a summary of the information that has been collected by the Commonwealth Economic Committee regarding the export trade of each member of the Commonwealth, including details of how much goes to other members of the Commonwealth, the other principal sources of export and the main types of exports.
§ Mr. SandysThe information on this subject collected by the Commonwealth Economic Committee is published annually by the Committee. A Memorandum entitled "Commonwealth Trade, 1960–61" has just been published. Statistics of Commonwealth trade are also published annually by the Board of Trade in a statistical abstract "The Commonwealth and the Sterling Area" which contains the information referred to by my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what study is being made by the Commonwealth Economic Committee of new proposals for the expansion and freeing of trade and payments reciprocally between Commonwealth countries, and of the conditions under which they may be linked for mutual benefit with the countries of Europe.
§ Mr. SandysThe formulation of policy is outside the accepted functions of this Committee.