HC Deb 16 March 1981 vol 1 cc5-6W
34. Mr. Chris Patten

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will make representations to the United States Government about free entry of United Kingdom-produced books into the United States of America.

Mr. Parkinson

The United States Administration are well aware of our concern about the effects on United Kingdom book exports to the United States of the manufacturing clause of the Copyright Act 1976. This provision expires on 30 June 1982 and we shall shortly be making further representations to the United States Administration pressing them to ensure that it does so.