§ 77. Mr. Bodyasked the President of the Board of Trade what steps, other than the application to join the European Economic Community, are being taken by Her Majesty's Government in pursuance of their policy of liberalising world trade which has been the basis of their commercial policy as declared in their planning document, entitled The Task Ahead: Economic Assessment to 1972.
§ Mr. CroslandHer Majesty's Government are playing a full part in the work which is going on in the G.A.T.T. in preparing the ground for possible further measures of trade liberalisation at the appropriate time. Meanwhile, the tariff reductions agreed on in the Kennedy Round will be introduced by stages until January 1972.