§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what form of regime his Department intends to promote when the multi-fibre arrangement is due for renewal in 1981.
§ Mr. Parkinson, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 2 July 1979], gave the following answer:
The Government expect that some form of orderly marketing arrangement in textiles will continue to be necessary after the present arrangements expire, and will consider at the appropriate time what form this should take.