§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Reportdetails, for the past three years, of the percentage of his Department's textile purchases spun and woven overseas, the square yards represented by such purchases, the value of the purchases, their country of origin and any of directives issued by him to those nationalised industries within his responsibility to purchase British textiles.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisThis information is not available. The Department obtains virtually all its textile requirements through other Departments and public bodies and by far the greater part is of British origin. No such directives have been issued to nationalised industries within my responsibility but it is their practice to buy British textiles whenever possible.