§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether, following his recent consultations with local authorities, he will make a progress report on arrangements to bring consumer protection and advice services nearer to people in the immediate communities in which they live; and whether he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards the work of citizens' advice bureaux in this respect.
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1973 1973 1973 1st quarter Per cent. 2nd quarter Per cent. 3rd quarter Per cent. Styrene polymers and copolymers … 14 14 16 P.V.C. resins, solutions, emulsions and dispersions … 20 20 22 P.V.C. moulding and extrusion compounds … 3 6 8
§ Sir G. HoweI announced on 5th December 1973—[Vol. 865, c.407.]—in reply to a Question from my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Mrs. Sally Oppenheim) that the Government proposed to give financial support for the establishment of new citizens' advice bureaux and the improvement of existing bureaux. My officials have invited the National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux to submit its plans for this extension of the network of advisory services.