HC Deb 07 December 1970 vol 808 cc26-7W
89. Sir T. Beamish

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and industry what changes are expected in existing Commonwealth preferences when the generalised tariff preferences to which the United Kingdom agreed in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development negotiations are applied; and when this process is likely to start.

Mr. Noble

Commonwealth countries will be called upon to share with developing countries generally their existing preferences on most industrial goods and on certain agricultural products. The industrialised countries aim to put their schemes into effect during 1971.