§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether the global ceilings agreed under the current Multi-Fibre Arrangement are being breached; if so by which countries; and in which commodities and by how much the quotas have been exceeded in each commodity.
§ Mr. Parkinson, pursuant to his reply[Official Report, 2 July 1979], gave the following answer:
I do not know of any case in which imports have exceeded global ceilings in the current year. Where suppliers are under quota, import licences are not issued in excess of the quota limit.