§ Mr. Prescottasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what 442W compensating benefits Great Britain receives out of the regulations that allowed 20,000 tons of Canadian fish to be imported into the British market.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithI assume the hon. Member is referring to the concessions made by the Community on fish imports as part of the Tokyo Round of multilateral trade negotiations. Only the concession on frozen cod, whereby the Community tariff has been reduced to 8 per cent. since 1 January last within an annual quota of 10,000 tonnes, is likely to be of particular interest to Canada.
In its wider context the United Kingdom stands to benefit generally from the more open and liberal conditions of international trade negotiated under the Tokyo Round.
§ Mr. Prescottasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the level of imports of fresh and frozen fish into the United Kingdom for each of the years since 1970; and what proportion was through the port of Hull.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithImports of fresh, chilled and frozen fish—excluding shellfish—into the United Kingdom and corresponding information for the port of Hull are shown in the table below:
IMPORTS OF FRESH, CHILLED AND FROZEN FISH (EXCLUDING SHELLFISH) '000 tonnes United Kingdom Total Port of Hull 1970 110 6 1971 97 10 1972 104 6 1973 118 6 1974 117 7 1975 114 10 1976 115 11 1977 121 16 1978 184 32 1979 (provisional) 225 36 Source: Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.