§ Mr. Fordasked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what aid he is prepared to render to the wool textile and clothing industry until such time as the Government have taken measures to deal with unfair competition and distortion of trade from within the EEC;
(2) what measures the Government propose to deal with unfair competition and distortion of trade from within the EEC in relation to the wool textile industry.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe Government are ready, provided they can obtain reasonably firm evidence with the help of the industry about other member States' practices, to have recourse to all the machinery of the Rome Treaty to ensure fair conditions of competition within the EEC. In so far as problems facing the industry stem from wider economic factors, the Government's general policies should progressively help to provide more favourable conditions for profitable and efficient operations by the industry.