§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish a table showing the poultry imports in tonnes from all countries and from each of the EEC countries in each of the last four years and the figures for imports from France, Holland, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland in the first two quarters of 1980.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe latest information available is as follows:
flags of convenience which will be on the agenda at the UNCTAD shipping committee meeting in September.
§ Mr. TebbitThere is no generally agreed definition of a flag of convenience and this description is applied by some 549W governments to the British Flag. Along with most other OECD countries, Her Majesty's Government agree on the need for effective action against sub-standard ships but strongly oppose any measures that would reduce competition in international shipping and raise the cost of international trade.