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Mr. Piratin
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the decline of machinery exports during April by 10 per cent., he will reconsider his policy of withholding the export of many types of such machinery to the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries.
Mr. Bottomley
No. This policy has been undertaken in the interests of security.