§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he is aware that the bulk fibre building board now imported enters duty-free and that the application of a common European Economic Community external tariff would involve a substantial addition to the cost of house building in the United Kingdom; and whether he will take steps to ensure that fibre building board is included with those commodities which will be permitted duty-free importation from outside the enlarged Community.
§ Mr. NobleIf, as I hope, arrangements are made to avoid the re-erection of tariffs between those members of E.F.T.A. which are not applying for membership of the E.E.C. and the enlarged Community, the bulk of our supplies would continue to enter duty-free. In any event the duty on fibre building board would represent a very small part of the cost of a house.