§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take steps to initiate more selectivity in the making of investment grants and allowances to the machine tool industry, to discriminate against the import of foreign tools and their installation.
§ Mr. DarlingNo. It would be contrary to our international obligations to discriminate against foreign tools and it 317W would not be in the best interests of British industry to discourage it from buying the tools best suited to its purposes.
§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of the grants and allowances which were made by his Department for the purchase of machine tools, were spent on imported tools and their installations.
§ Mr. DarlingThis information is not available.