§ 19. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade what recent action has been taken by his Department against the dumping of special steels in the United Kingdom.
§ 25. Mr. Padleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade what action he has taken in connection with the allegations of the dumping of certain types of steel into the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. MeacherThe British Independent Steel Producers Association submitted a series of anti-dumping applications covering various types of special steel from Japan, Spain, Austria and Sweden. The Japanese case was handled by way of joint EEC-United Kingdom talks with the Japanese authorities, with an outcome certainly better than we could have achieved by formal anti-dumping action. Regarding the other cases, at our request the European Commission have approached the Swedish and Austrian authorities. On Spain I have just had BISPA's report on the recent industry to industry talks; whilst some progress has been made I do not believe it fully meets our industry's needs and consequently I have today signed an order imposing a provisional charge to duty on Spanish stainless steel imports.