§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether his Department has received a copy of the statement issued by the tent manufacturing industries of the EEC which met in London on 17 January 1978 for the purpose of considering the serious crisis in the West European tent making industry; and, if so, if he will state his policy on the proposals.
§ Mr. ParkinsonMy Department has not received a copy of this statement.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the quantity and the value of tents wholly or predominantly of cotton or other than cotton imported into the United Kingdom during the latest 12 months for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ParkinsonDetails of imports of cotton tents and of tents of other textile materials are published against tariff headings 6204 2300 under SITC(Rev 2) Item 658.21—and 6204 7300—under SITC(Rev 2) Item 658.29—respectively, in table IV of the monthly issues of the "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom", copies of which are in the House of Commons Library.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what representations have been made to his Department by the tent manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom about the penetration of the home market by low-cost products from the Far East, especially South Korea.
§ Mr. ParkinsonMy Department received representations from one manufacturer about tents from South Korea in July and September 1978.