HC Deb 16 June 1967 vol 748 c144W
Sir R. Russell

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of other expenditure on trade fairs, trade weeks, etc., totalling nearly £2.6 million in 1967–68 as shown in Class IV, Vote II, Subhead A 17(3) of the Civil Estimates, 1967–68.

Mr. Jay

The estimate comprises:

  1. (a) £2,115,000 in support of participation by British exhibitors in overseas trade fairs;
  2. (b) £237,000 for British Weeks;
  3. (c) £115,000 for the promotion of British goods in overseas stores;
  4. (d) £60,000 for official trade information stands at international trade fairs abroad;
  5. (e) £40,000 in support of All-British Fairs.