§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1) whether he will make representations to the Nigerian Government to ensure that, when Nigeria becomes an associate member of the European Economic Community, British imports into Nigeria have the same import duty preferences as those of other European Economic Community countries;
(2) what representations he has made to the Government of Nigeria in connection with the initialling of the preferential
Age at end of year (31st March) 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Under 25 … … … 1.7 3.3 3.1 3.2 5.2 25–29 … … … 3.4 4.0 4.1 5.2 5.7 The rise shown in these rates partly reflects the increase in recent years in the movement of younger men teachers to other parts of the education service, particularly to the colleges of education and further education establishments, whose demands for teaching staff have been rising rapidly. Another contributory factor is the growth of opportunities for young men teachers to serve for a short period overseas, subsequently returning to resume their teaching careers here. To a large extent, therefore, these figures do not represent a growing loss to the education service, but rather a widening of the opportunities within it open to
168Wagreement with the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesI am not aware that such an agreement has been initialled. We have informed the Nigerian Government that, whilst we should be glad for them to secure improved opportunities for their exports to the European Economic Community, we should deprecate their complying with a proposal from the Community that they should grant tariff preferences to imports from the Community.