§ Mr. Whitlockasked the Minister for Trade, in view of Turkey's continuing refusal to co-operate in the European Community's régime for textiles and clothing, if he will take steps to prevent a recurrence of an estimated 4.5 million T-shirts entering the United Kingdom from Turkey in 1982 against a notified level of 1.2 million pieces.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to the reply, 8 February 1983 c.309]: The Commission now hopes that it will be possible, for the first time, to negotiate a voluntary restraint arrangement with Turkey covering a range of sensitive textile and clothing products. Discussions with the Turkish authorities are expected to begin later this months. In the interim the Government have made special arrangements for imports of T-shirts from Turkey to be closely monitored.