§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will offset the excess of shirts of synthetic textile fibres imported from the People's Republic of China over and above the quota for 1976 against whatever will be the arrangement for 1977.
§ Mr. MeacherYes.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) how many shirts of synthetic fibres were imported into the United Kingdom from the People's Republic of China in the month of September 1976;
(2) what was the total number of shirts of synthetic fibres imported into the United Kingdom from the People's Republic of China in the first nine months of 1976.
§ Mr. Meacher351,000 in September and 890,000 in the first nine months of this year.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what is the quota for shirts of synthetic textile fibres from the People's Republic of China for the period 1st January to 31st December 1976.
§ Mr. MeacherThe quota for 1976 is 450,000 shirts.