HC Deb 19 March 1973 vol 853 c4W
32. Mrs. Joyce Butler

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will introduce regulations to ensure that import documents are required to show the type of asbestos being imported so that accurate figures of the import of blue asbestos may be obtained.

Sir G. Howe

No: this would not be justified in current circumstances. Trade sources indicate that imports have declined in recent years and it is believed that there were no imports of blue asbestos in 1971 or 1972.

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