§ Mr. James Lamondasked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the comparison between the rate at which licences have been issued, and goods imported into the United Kingdom so far in 1976, and the relevant annual quota for each category of textile products subject to import quotas under the provisions of bilateral agreements with Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, Macao, Singapore and Japan.
§ Mr. MeacherThe cost of answering this Question in the detail required would be disproportionate. Details of558W quota levels are published in Trade & Industry and also in the Official Journal. Figures of actual imports, although not necessarily broken down in the same detail as the quotas, are published in the Overseas Trade Statistics. We are now preparing a full statement of licences issued against all quotas established by Agreements made under the GATT Multi-Fibre Arrangement and I shall let my hon. Friend have copies as soon as it is available and place copies in the Library.