§ 25. Sir G. Nabarroasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give details of the ways in which the £50 foreign travel limit has saved £25 million in the last travel year ; and, in view of the increase in imports of foreign cars into Great Britain and the diminution of home market sales of British cars, he will now take steps to discourage foreign car sales in Great Britain and abolish the travel allowance limit, thereby helping the trade balance.
§ Mr. TaverneSavings have arisen because people who would have spent more in the absence of the limit were not free to do so. As to the second half of the Question, there could be no case for singling out motor cars for import restriction. In any case, as my right hon. Friend told the House on 21st October, the import deposit scheme has had a useful restraining effect on imports.