§ Captain Kerbyasked the President of the Board of Trade how many million yards of fabric were exported to the United Kingdom from India last year duty-free; and what representations in this connection he has made to the Government of India since it imposed a complete ban on the export of British fabrics to that country.
§ Sir D. EcclesImports from India of woven cotton fabrics of standard type192W amounted to 132.9 million square yards in 1956. Almost all this amount qualified for duty-free entry; imports of cloth woven from other textile materials, other than jute, were negligible. As regards the second part of the Question, there is no complete ban on the import of British fabrics into India. Representations have been made on several occasions about the level of permitted imports.