HC Deb 22 November 1956 vol 560 cc2073-4

Resolution reported,

That there shall be power to impose on goods imported into the United Kingdom duties of customs, chargeable in addition to the full amount of any other duty, where it appears to the Board of Trade in some case—

  1. (a) that goods have been dumped in the United Kingdom, that is to say that their export price is less than their fair market price in the country in which they originated or from which they were exported, or
  2. (b) that some Government or other authority outside the United Kingdom has been giving a subsidy,
and provision may be made for any supplemental or incidental purposes and in particular—

  1. (i) for the allowance of drawback in respect of duties imposed under the authority of this Resolution and the giving of other relief in respect of those duties,
  2. (ii) for authorising the making of orders and other subordinate instruments,
  3. (iii) for conferring on some Government department or other authority the function of deciding whether there has been dumping or the giving of a subsidy,
  4. (iv) for determining the meaning to be given to expressions used in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Resolution, including, in the case of any definition of the country in 2074 which goods originated, provisions framed by reference to the country in which some stage in the production of any components or materials incorporated in the goods was carried out,
but the expression "subsidy" shall not be defined so as to include a practice which consists of any application of restrictions or charges on the export of materials from any country which favours producers in that country who use those materials in goods produced by them, and the expression "fair market price" shall not be defined in a way which requires account to be taken of any such practice.

Resolution read a Second time.

Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 86 (Ways and Means Motions and Resolutions) and agreed to.

Bill ordered to be brought in upon the said Resolution by the Chairman of Ways and Means, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. P. Thorneycroft, and Mr. Low.