HC Deb 13 March 1972 vol 833 c17W
Mr. McCann

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will institute an inquiry to ascertain the effects of duty-free leather from under-developed countries upon the British tanning industry.

Mr. Ridley

If at any time the industry presents good grounds for believing that imports from developing countries under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences are causing them, or threatening to cause them, serious injury, we will examine the matter immediately.