§ 23. Sir C. Osborneasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will include a reasonable proportion of the increase in British oil imports in the new trade 209W agreement with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; if he will insist on an equivalent amount of British consumer goods exports to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, with a view to improving employment in this country; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ErrollNegotiations to settle quotas from January, 1963, until the Trade Agreement expires in June, 1964, are in progress at present. My hon. Friend would not expect me to make a statement before an agreement is reached.