HC Deb 10 June 1952 vol 502 cc14-5
25. Mr. Patrick Maitland

asked the President of the Board of Trade what trade agreements which he has made recently provide for the import to the United Kingdom of foreign soft fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

There have been no recent trade agreements containing provisions of this kind. There are, however, certain small quotas for some kinds of fruit and vegetables, not including tomatoes, from Yugoslavia, and of bilberries from Poland under the five-year Agreements which were concluded with these countries in 1949.

Mr. Maitland

Is there any intention to conclude such pacts in the near future?

Mr. Thorneycroft

That is a different point.

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