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Private Investment Overseas

Oral Answers to Questions — Overseas Development – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 15 Rhagfyr 1964.

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Photo of Mr John Osborn Mr John Osborn , Sheffield, Hallam 12:00, 15 Rhagfyr 1964

asked the Minister of Overseas Development what proposals she has for encouraging private investment overseas.

Photo of Mrs Barbara Castle Mrs Barbara Castle , Blackburn

I am aware that private investment has a useful rôle to play in development and I am examining ways in which that rôle can most effectively be discharged.

food board which is a figment of her imagination?

Photo of Mrs Barbara Castle Mrs Barbara Castle , Blackburn

I think it would be agreed that the world food board has more ambitious aims, which I am discussing with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture.

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