§ Mr. Dykesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent study his Department has made of the need to limit imports into the United Kingdom of non-essential consumer durables from non-Community countries.
§ Sir G. HoweThe Department keeps the pattern of imports under review but no special study on the lines suggested has recently been made. Increased imports of non-essential consumer durables from non-Community countries represent only a small part of the general rise in imports, a substantial proportion of which is accounted for by fuel, industrial materials and machinery.