§ 58. Mr. Russellasked the President of the Board of Trade what changes have taken place in the policy of Her Majesty's Government with regard to resort to Article XII of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade; and to what extent such changes imply abandonment of the quota restrictions on canned and dried fruits, cigars and other goods from the dollar area and fresh fruit from the dollar area and Europe not included in the liberalisations previously announced.
§ Mr. ErrollWe have for some time considered that we can no longer justify our restrictions on balance of payments grounds, and the United Kingdom has accordingly ceased to invoke Article XII of the G.A.T.T. Our policy in respect of our remaining import restrictions remains as stated in the reply given to the hon. Member for Wycombe on 28th January (Mr. John Hall).