§ Mr. Iain Millsasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he is satisfied that imports of tyres manufactured in East Germany, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia and imported to the United Kingdom through European Economic Community countries which are not parties to recent voluntary price agreements on such products do not constitute dumping.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe price undertakings on certain types of cross-ply and fabric braced radial tyres negotiated by the Commission with suppliers in the German Democratic Republic, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and2W Romania cover imports into the United Kingdom whether consigned direct from the country of manufacture or indirectly from elsewhere. The Commission, with the help of my Department, reviewed the operation of these undertakings in autumn 1980 and was satisfied that they were being respected. If my hon. Friend has any evidence to the contrary, my Department would be glad to examine it and to take it up with the Commission. E APP