§ Mr. WHITEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many recommendations have been made by the Import Duties Advisory Committee since the Import Duties Act came into force; and how many of them have recommended increases and how many decreases?
§ Mr. W. S. MORRISON297 recommendations have been made by the Import Duties Advisory Committee (excluding recommendations relating to the licensing of individual consignments of goods). 134 of them related to the increase of 1329W duties and 97 to the reduction of duties. Others, mainly concerning drawback, involved neither increase nor decrease of duties. It will be appreciated that some recommendations have related to a number of commodities.