§ Miss Quennellasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those fruits, hard and soft, grown in the United Kingdom which receive import protection, periodic or full-time, either by tariff or quota.
§ Mr. DellImports of all fresh fruits which are grown in the United Kingdom on a commercial scale are subject to import duties, with the exception of those imported from the Commonwealth Preference Area and the Irish Republic. The rates of duty and the periods to which they apply are given in Chapter 8 of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Tariff, a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library.
Imports of apples and pears other than from the sterling area are subject to 89W quota restrictions. In addition, imports of fruits grown in the United Kingdom on a commercial scale are admitted from Eastern Area countries only under limited bilateral quotas.