§ 5. Mr. Robert Howarthasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will report on progress made with the negotiations for a global quota of cotton textile imports covering the next five years.
§ Mr. JayWe have now discussed fully with those exporting countries that will be subject to restraint our intention to set a total limit to their exports to us from now until 1970. Some matters of method and procedure remain to be settled; but I hope to make a detailed announcement very shortly. Meanwhile provisional limitation is in force.