§ LORD ARCHIBALDasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they can give any estimate of the cost of imported machinery, such as computers, tabulators, conventional office equipment and cash registers required in this country as a result of the decimalisation policy.
§ LORD DELACOURT-SMITHIt is not possible to provide an estimate. Many of the machines in use are being converted and, although a proportion of new machines required for decimalisation is expected to come from abroad, imports for this purpose are not separately recorded.
House adjourned at ten minutes past nine o'clock.