§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has made representations to the United States authorities regarding the effects of new draft licensing rules on British buyers of United States goods; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ChannonThe details of the proposed changes to United States export licensing procedures which were announced earlier this month and their possible implications for the United Kingdom are being studied carefully. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry will have an opportunity to raise them when he visits Washington next month.
§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has made representations to the United States authorities regarding proposed United States legal controls on re-sale or re-use of United Kingdom origin computer equipment and their effect on licensing high powered computers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ChannonI am not aware of any proposed new United States controls of the kind mentioned by my hon. Friend. But my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will raise the extraterritorial effect of existing United States export controls, both in relation to the movement of computers in this country and more generally, when he visits Washington next month.