§ Q16. Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Prime Minister if he will issue instructions to all spending Departments to purchase goods of British origin; and if he will initiate a campaign in the country to buy British consumer goods, as a lead to the men and women of Great Britain to get production on the move and so to eliminate unemployment.
§ The Prime MinisterIn their continuing search for best value for money. Government Departments already do all they can to encourage British industry and to save foreign exchange by buying competitive British goods.
In regard to the second part of the Question I would refer my hon. Friend to the Answer given on 24th November, 1967 by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State, Board of Trade, to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead (Mr. Whitaker).[Vol. 754, c. 439–40.]