§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what representations he has received from United Kingdom industry as a whole and from the United Kingdom textile industry in particular about reciprocity and equal access in international trading with such countries as South Korea; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Meacher:In the context of the multilateral trade negotiations, many sectors of industry have made clear to the Government their view that reductions in the EEC tariff affecting them should be conditional on improvements in access to export markets, including those in the developing countries, particularly the 836W more advanced. The textile industry has sought specifically a substantial measure of tariff harmonization, with substantial reductions in particular on very high duties. The Community is seeking in these negotiations reductions in various very high tariffs and certain non-tariff barriers imposed by the more advanced developing countries.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what recent representations his Department has received from the British Textile Employers Association, individual textile companies and other textile organisations about the effects the full utilisation by Hong Kong, or any other major supplier, of the finished cloth quota.
§ Mr. Meacher:I have received no such representations.