§ 31. Mr. Russellasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, when discussing the proposal at Torquay to extend the operative period of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade beyond 1950, the Government will press to retain the right at present existing under the Protocol to withdraw from the Agreement at 60 days' notice.
Mr. H. WilsonThe proposal to extend for three years from 1st January, 1951, the validity of the Tariff Schedules to the General Agreement does not involve ratifying the Agreement and therefore giving up the right under the Protocol of Provisional Application to withdraw from the Agreement as a whole at 60 days' notice.