§ Mr. Conlanasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many machine tools were exported in 1971; how many were imported; and what were the respective values.
§ Mr. Anthony Grant33,000 items valued at £97 million (fob) were exported and 32,000 items valued at £49 million (cif) were imported.
§ Mr. Conlanasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many new machine tools were purchased by the nationalised industries in 1971; and how many of these were of foreign manufacture.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantI regret that this information is not available.