§ 104. Mr. Mappasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the recent Geneva Conference discussions on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade long-term arrangements for cotton textiles.
§ Mr. JayThe meeting of the Cotton Textiles Committee of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was engaged on a major review of the operation of the Long Term Arrangement on Cotton Textiles which was negotiated in 1962 and expires in 1967. Whether and on what terms the Arrangement may be renewed will be discussed by the Committee next year. Proposals by the United Kingdom for the regulation of our cotton textile imports after 31st December were also considered by the Committee, and will be further considered at a meeting in the early months of 1966. In the meantime, we shall have bilateral discussions with countries which wish to elaborate the views they ex-330W pressed in the Committee. An interim scheme for the regulation of imports during these discussions will come into effect on 1st January.