§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs what initiatives he has taken to make arrangements for regular meetings of Commonwealth Governments to work through the development and capital investment programmes of each Commonwealth country, with a view to raising the level of inter-Commonwealth trade.
§ Mr. BowdenCommonwealth Prime Ministers, in the final communiqué issued after their meeting of September 1966
Noted with approval that, in accordance with their decision in 1965, which had been carried further by Commonwealth Trade Ministers at their meeting in June, 1966, a preliminary conference of officials engaged in economic planning was to be convened to consider the various methods adopted in Commonwealth countries and see whether a mutual exchange of current plans could be used to improve them and thus promote trade and economic progress within the Commonwealth.Arrangements for that conference are being undertaken by the Commonwealth Secretary-General.