§ Mr. Les Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Trade what American import restrictions, quotas or controls and homologation and other regulations exist for British car exports to that country; and how these compare with American car exports to this country.
§ Mr. DeakinsNeither the United Kingdom nor the United States has import restrictions, quotas, or controls relating specifically to the other's car exports. 235W Both countries have homologation and other regulations, relating principally to safety and environmental standards, with which imported cars must comply. The requirement that testing and certification to United States vehicle emission standards must take place within the United States is costly to British car exporters and we are pressing the United States Government to allow this to take place in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom permits testing in the country of origin in approved cases.
§ Mr. Les Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will now make a further and more detailed statement on his policy towards import controls, quotas, homologation and other regulations for other manufacturers' car exports to this country.
§ Mr. DeakinsI do not believe that import controls are in general the right way to deal with our industrial problems. Questions of homologation and other United Kingdom regulations affecting both home-produced and imported motor cars are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment.