HC Deb 07 February 1968 vol 758 cc105-6W
34. Mr. Jopling

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the recent acceptance by the Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development of the scheme for according tariff preferences to developing countries in the markets of member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody:

The O.E.C.D. Ministerial Council, meeting on 1st December, 1967, agreed to support the principle of granting special tariff treatment to imports from developing countries.

This is in line with the policy which has been consistently pursued by Her Majesty's Government, and I welcome it.