§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the latest figures available show an import figure of almost £4 million on the one-armed bandits, fruit machines, juke boxes, etc., mainly from the United States of America and Australia; whether he will give a breakdown of these figures; to what extent entry into the Common Market will permit an unrestricted flow of these types of machines from Italy and Germany; and to what extent this will affect the trade with Australia.
§ Mr. JayThis figure relates to imports of all coin or disc-operated amusement machines and parts thereof in 1966. An analysis of this total by type of machine is not available. If the United Kingdom enters the Common Market, tariffs on this type of machinery imported from other member states including Italy and Germany would eventually be removed. It is not possible to predict the extent to which this would affect the trade with Australia.