HC Deb 23 June 1980 vol 987 cc12-3W
Mr. Kilfedder

asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he has any plans for the protection of the British garment manufacturing industry from the competition of subcontracting of garment making by European Economic Community-located firms to low-cost countries.

Mr. Parkinson

Goods which have been processed in third countries and subsequently exported directly to the United Kingdom are subject to any United Kingdom quotas or restraints that may apply. Goods imported by other member States under outward processing arrangements are subject to the usual Community provisions governing free circulation. The Government will continue to make the maximum possible use of article 115 of the Treaty of Rome to prevent these goods disrupting the United Kingdom market.

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