§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment when he expects the advisory committee on homeworking will next meet; if he will make a statement about the future of the advisory committee on homeworking and the home working unit; if he will publish the survey on homeworkers'pay in Lambeth, South-wark and Wandsworth in London and Walsall in the Midlands which was the subject of a press statement on 21 August; and if he has any plans to introduce legislation to regulate homeworking.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 17 December 1979]: The future of the advisory committee on homeworking and
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 Percentage by weight January-October 1979 Soviet Union … — 0.98 7.39 55.05 47.91 26.75 Federal Republic of Germany … 42.56 29.82 19.20 20.06 24.20 17.66 United States of America … 0.06 0.04 0.74 0.00 0.03 16.32 South Africa … 12.42 19.69 9.57 2.02 8.12 14.94 Morocco … 8.93 — 10.62 6.18 11.14 12.56 Belgium-Luxembourg … 2.86 6.08 20.09 4.09 7.87 10.12 Netherlands … 28.00 17.85 4.71 2.97 0.35 1.29 France … 3.02 — 5.89 9.17 0.29 0.01 North Vietnam … — 24.72 21.15 — — — Other countries … 2.15 0.82 0.64 0.46 0.09 0.35 Source: United Kingdom Overseas Trade Statistics (ex SITC(R) Sub-group 321.4 and SITC(R2) Sub-group 322.1). Notes: —Nil trade. 0.00 imports less than 0.005 per cent.