§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Paymaster General (1) if he will make a statement on the background to the case currently being heard by the Fair Competition Committee in Brussels which refers to the anti-competitive implications of the United Kingdom proposal contained in CON (LO) 1981/82 which deals with the use of excavators as cranes;
(2) if he will make a statement outlining the case which Her Majesty's Government will be putting forward in Brussels in support of condition 6 of CON (LO) 1981/82 when the matter is considered by the Fair Competition Committee;
(3) if his Department has made or received any estimate of the cost to the United Kingdom construction industry of the reduced performance which would result from the fitting of restrictive check valves to construction equipment as required by CON (LO) 1981/82; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.