§ 40. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he is aware that during the first four months of 1972 the number of foreign cars registered in Great Britain increased by 104 per cent. to 9,200 compared with the same period last year and that for the whole period 1971 the figures were 22,500, or more than 215 per cent. over 1970; to what extent these cars carried import tariffs from the countries of the Six; and to what extent on Great Britain's entry into the Common Market these import tariffs will have to be reduced or abolished.
§ Mr. ChatawayThe number of foreign cars registered in 1971 and in the first for months of 1972 were 248,000 and 123,000, respectively. These showed increases of 61 per cent. and 63 per cent., respectively, over the corresponding periods one year earlier. All were liable to import duty. Duties between the acceding and the original member states will be progressively abolished in accordance with Article 32 of the Act of Accession.