Mr. Osbome:

May I ask two questions? Could my right hon. Friend say whether export licences will be granted for the £3½ million of firm orders which have been received for machine tools which, if not supplied by this country, will be supplied by Sweden and Switzerland? Can he, secondly, assure the House that export licences will be granted for the £1 million of diesel engines, and that the export of these will be increased rapidly, otherwise they will be supplied from Germany? Can my right hon. Friend assure the House that export licences will be granted in respect of those two groups?