§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister for Trade if he will make a statement on the consequences for the United Kingdom and the European Economic Community if agreements with (a) Argentina, (b) Brazil, (c) Hong Kong, (d) Indonesia, (e) Korea, (f) Macao, (g) Malaysia, (h) the Philippines and (i) Singapore that do not exceed the limits set in the Commission's negotiating mandate are not reached.
§ Mr. Peter ReesIf agreements are not reached with these countries the Council of Ministers will have to decide upon alternative measures to apply to imports from them from 1 January 1983 in the light of the preparatory work which the Council has instructed the Commission to carry out.