§ Mr. Weetchasked the Minister for Trade if he will arrange for information concerning the statutory provision of legal services by lawyers, other than advocacy, to consumers, to be published in a convenient and easily accessible form.
§ Dr. VaughanThe provisions of part II of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, which comes into force on 4 July 1983 and which will apply to most services,
Imports of footwear from China, 1982 Value: £ thousand cif First quarter Second quarter Third quarter October, November Thousand Pairs Value Thousand Pairs Value Thousand Pairs Value Thousand Pairs Value Footwear: (a) with outer soles and uppers of rubber or artifical plastic material nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil (b) with outer soles of leather or composition leather; with outer soles of rubber or artificial plastic material (other than (a) above): 74 64 nil nil 16 48 27 36 (c) with outer soles of wood or cork: nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil (d) with outer soles of other materials: (i) slippers etc. 5 6 83 57 459 217 238 113 (ii) other 2 1 34 21 nil nil 2 1 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics, SITC (R2) 851.01, 851.02, 851.03 and 851.04.
Note: Figures for December 1982 are not yet available at this level of detail.
382Wincluding legal services—other than advocacy—have already received extensive publicity and I see no reason to single out any particular service affected by the Act for special treatment.