HL Deb 15 February 1983 vol 439 c211WA
Baroness Hornsby-Smith

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What steps they propose to take to prevent a repetition of the dumping of T-shirts from Turkey which in 1982 reached 4.5 million against a notified quota of 1.2 million.

Lord Cockfield

The Commission now hopes that it will be possible, for the first time, to negotiate a voluntary restraint agreement with Turkey covering a range of sensitive textile and clothing products. Discussions with the Turkish authorities are expected to begin later this month. In the interim the Government have made special arrangements for imports of T-shirts from Turkey to be closely monitored.