HC Deb 24 May 1960 vol 624 c31W
67. Mr. Holt

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a White Paper, indicating the main items of United Kingdom exports to the Six, the values involved, the current tariffs and those operative under the common tariff, so that the House may be able to assess the extent of the damage which the United Kingdom may suffer from exclusion from the European Common Market.

Mr. Erroll

No. The various tariffs are very detailed and the headings do not correspond with those under which imports into the Common Market countries from the United Kingdom are published. Nor would the information for which the hon. Member asks enable judgments to be made of the effect on our trade of our remaining outside the Common Market. The hon. Member may, however, find useful the information contained in the Answer of 18th May to the right hon. Member for Bassetlaw (Mr. Bellenger). I will circulate later in the OFFICIAL REPORT the common tariff rates for the items referred to in that Answer.