§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he has received any reports regarding competition against Scotch whisky by Japanese whisky blends containing Scotch malt whisky, in view of the known large-scale promotions in that market by Japanese distillers.
§ Mr. MeacherI will reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
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§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he has any evidence that exports of malt Scotch whisky in bulk are being routed through third countries in order to avoid being identified as going to Japan.
§ Mr. MeacherNo.
§ Mr. Campbellasked the Secretary of State for Trade what action he is taking with the Greek Government to ensure that the ban recently imposed on the import of Scotch whisky into Greece is lifted.
§ Mr. MeacherAll imports into Greece are subject to price control and the Greek authorities are currently refusing to admit imports of Scotch whisky at the new increased price levels recently decided upon by the producers.
Her Majesty's Government have made written and oral representations to the Greek Government. At our request the EEC Commission has raised this with Greece and the subject will be on the agenda of the next meeting of the EEC/Greece Association Committee.