HC Deb 06 July 1955 vol 543 c96W
63. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how the decisions at the recent conference on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade will affect the economic difficulties at present existing in Jamaica.

Mr. Hopkinson

The only relevant decision of the recent conference is that enabling Her Majesty's Government to take specific action under the Agreement to assist colonial industries dependent wholly or in large measure on the United Kingdom market. On this I cannot add to the information given by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade in answer to a Question by the hon. and learned Member on 16th June.