HC Deb 26 October 1979 vol 972 c364W
Mr. Cryer

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what representations he has made to the EEC to control outward processing, and hidden subsidies to EEC member State woollen textile industries.

Mr. Eyre

As far as the United Kingdom is concerned, all outward processed textile goods count in full towards normal quota and restraint limits. Both my right hon. Friend and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry have made representations to the EEC Commission about apparent anomalies in the cost structures of certain Italian wool textile producers.