§ 44. Mr. Willeyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has studied the effects of dollar trade liberalisation policies upon the citrus industry of the West Indies; whether he is aware that a United Kingdom fact-finding mission reported, in 1955, that if quantitative restrictions were removed and United States citrus and citrus products were freely admitted into the United Kingdom the West Indies citrus industry would be ruined; and what steps he is taking.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe answer to the first parts of the Question is "Yes." I shall be making a statement in the near future about the steps that have been under discussion with the West Indian delegation now in London.