§ Mr. HindTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the inter-industry agreements on machining centres and numerically controlled lathes from Japan, referred to in his answer of 30 March 1988,Official Report, column 478, are still in operation.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkFollowing a second annual review of the inter-industry voluntary restraint arrangements with Japan on numerically controlled lathes and machining centres, I have told the Machine Tool Trades Association that the Government see no case for these arrangements to continue after 30 June 1989.