Mr. GamierTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the Government's policy with regard to the multi-fibre arrangement in the event of the Uruguay round of the GATT not achieving adequate cuts in the high tariff and non-tariff barriers faced by British textile and clothing manufacturers in United Kingdom export markets in the third world and in the emerging economies of the developing world.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe Government are working for a balanced outcome to the Uruguay round negotiations as they affect the textile and clothing sector. We have been pressing in particular for a satisfactory outcome reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers as part of an overall settlement including the phase-out of the multi-fibre arrangement and strengthened GATT rules and disciplines.