§ Mr. Sutcliffeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will institute an inquiry into the working of the Government Preferential Contract Scheme and seek powers to make it applicable henceforth to public corporations.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe main nationalised industries and public corporations have for a number of years operated the Government Contracts Preference Scheme under which firms in development areas are invited to tender for public contracts and are given preferential treatment whenever possible.