§ Q2. Mr. Simeonsasked the Prime Minister if he will seek to ensure that the views of small retailers are obtained when deciding upon future anti-inflationary policy; and how he intends to do this.
§ The Prime MinisterThe Government will take steps to obtain the views of all sections of the retail trade, including the small retailers, in the consultations on the next stage of the counter-inflation programme as they did during the consultations preceding stage 2.
§ Q12. Mr. Wyn Robertsasked the Prime Minister if he will, at the proposed official meeting with President Nixon, discuss the 128W relevance of the United States' phase 3 of prices and incomes policy to the similar phase anticipated in the United Kingdom.
§ The Prime MinisterAs I said in reply to an earlier Question today from the hon. Member for Manchester, Ardwick (Mr. Kaufman), President Nixon has not yet announced the dates of a visit. In framing the next stage of the counter-inflation programme the Government will naturally take account of the way in which the United States system operates; but our policy must be addressed to the particular circumstances of the United Kingdom.