§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Energy what arrangements there are in his Department to ensure that small businesses receive a proportion of all purchasing contracts issued by his Department; and what proportion he expects this will be in 1979–80 and 1980–81.
§ Mr. John Moore[pursuant to his reply, 30 October 1979]: My Department's purchasing contracts are few in number and for relatively small amounts. Any special arrangements of the sort envisaged would not, therefore, be appropriate.