asked the President of the Board of Trade what consultants have been employed, or will be employed, under the pilot scheme for which money is sought in the Supplementary Estimate submitted to Parliament on 28th June, 1968; and for what purpose their services are required.

It is up to individual firms to select the consultant they wish to employ under this scheme the purpose of which was described by my right hon. Friend in an answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Billericay (Mr. Moonman) on 11th June, 1968. We are not restricting the choice of consultant to any approved list but, since public expenditure is involved, we shall naturally wish to check that the consultants selected are of reasonable standing.—[Vol. 766, c. 23.]