§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Minister for Trade, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hazel Grove on 16 December, what arrangements he makes to monitor the effectiveness of existing or future voluntary arrangements applied by Japanese industries to their exports; and if he is satisfied with their adequacy.
§ Mr. Sproat[pursuant to the reply, 22 December 1982, c. 546]: Those industries which hold regular discussions with their Japanese counterparts monitor imports in the relevant product sectors using United Kingdom and Japanese statistics as appropriate, and they keep Her Majesty's Government fully informed about trends. Similar checks are carried out independently by my Department. I am satisfied with these monitoring arrangements.