§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the effect of the provisions of the Lomé convention on the market share in the United Kingdom of rum producers from the less developed countries; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. FennerIn 1974, the year before the first Lomé convention came into operation, imports of rum from the African, Carribean and Pacific states accounted for 96 per cent. of the United Kingdom's total rum imports. In 1982, the latest year for which statistics are available, this share had risen to 99 per cent.