§ Sir John Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government for maintaining a substantial level of New Zealand imports into the United Kingdom and other Community countries.
§ Mr. ChannonOur policy is to encourage trade with New Zealand and we continue to work to that end within the Community and taking account of our Community obligations. We fully recognise that access to the Community market for butter and sheepmeat remains an issue of vital importance for New Zealand. On 12 October I met a high level group of New Zealand businessmen to discuss ways of further increasing our bilateral trade with New Zealand. I also had talks with the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Trade.