§ Mr. Cleggasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that full information is obtained at the ports of textiles imported into the United Kingdom, especially as to the place of origin and whether there has been any reshipment via any other country.
§ Mr. MacDermotImporters are required to declare the country of origin and the country of consignment of textiles (in common with other goods), subject to penalty if the declaration is incorrect, and to produce the commercial invoice from the supplier as a check on these particulars. In a proportion of cases the goods are also subject to physical examination by Customs. I have no reason to believe that the particulars obtained are not full and accurate.