§ Mr. Whitlockasked the Secretary of State for Trade whether, in the reply given to the hon. Member for Nottingham, North—Official Report, 31 March, col. 11—the statement that 95 per cent. of all the imports from low-cost suppliers of textiles are controlled referred to a percentage judged by value or by quantity; whether the percentage includes clothing and textiles; and what is the difference in percentage as between textiles and clothing.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe figure referred to the percentage of low-cost imports by value of textiles and clothing together under actual or potential restraint. Most recent figures show that this proportion is now 93.4 per cent. For textiles alone the figure is 92.9 per cent. and for clothing it is 93.8 per cent.