Vegetables, Fruit and Flowers

HC Deb 07 December 1959 vol 615 cc14-5W

103. Mr. du Cann

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will examine the possibility of introducing legislation designed to exclude altogether the import of foreign-produced vegetables, fruit and flowers at times when home production is sufficient to cover the needs of the home market, as is effective in certain continental countries.

Mr. Erroll

No. In the United Kingdom the main instrument of protection is the tariff.