§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many pairs of shoes were imported into the United Kingdom in the first six months of the current year; from which countries they came; and how many more were imported from each country than were imported in the last six months of 1979.
§ Mr. ParkinsonShoes are not separately distinguished in theOverseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom, but are included with footwear in general under SITC(R2) Items 851.01–04 inclusive, according to the materials of which the outer soles and uppers are made. Details of trade in June 1980 are not yet available: information on imports of footwear in the first five months of 1980 and in 1979 can be derived from the relevant issues of the above publications, copies of which are in the Library.