§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Trade what studies the Government have carried out of the extent to which the multi-fibre arrangement has benefited textile manufacturers in Great Britain, developed countries and developing countries, respectively.
§ Mr. MeacherAn analysis of the impact on the United Kingdom of imports of manufactured goods from the newly industrialising countries was published in Government Economic Services working paper No. 18,"The Newly Industrialising Countries and the Adjustment Problem"(Foreign and Commonwealth Office January 1979) a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library. This report concluded, however, that it was not possible to isolate the effect of the multi-fibre arrangement from other factors affecting employment in the clothing and textile industries.