§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for Trade if his Department will desist from urging traders to take up the final allocation of quotas for the import of Turkish yarns.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisAllocations of quotas during 1975 had to be made on an interim basis period by period and it was necessary to finalise the position for the year as a whole. There is no question of urging traders to take up allocations.
§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many letters have been sent from his Import Licensing Branch asking companies to indicate what final allocation of import quotas for Turkish yarn they require.
§ Mr. DeakinsThirty-five.
§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many licences for the import of Turkish yarns were applied for after 29th October 1975.
§ Mr. DeakinsTen.
§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for Trade why his Department propose to allow licences for the import of Turkish yarns against the 1975 quota, to be valid until the end of January 1976; and if such quotas taken up in January 1976, will be counted against the 1976 quotas.
822Wthe level of imports, in volume and value terms, of newsprint, annually for the past 10 years, compared with United Kingdom production and total consumption.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe following is the information:
§ Mr. Clinton DavisIt is normal practice to extend licences at the end of a year to cover goods shipped before 31st December but which have not arrived by that date. Goods subject to such extended licences are counted against the quota for the year in which they were originally licensed, in this case 1975.