§ Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) if he will publish as a table in the Official Report the United Kingdom imports and exports of textiles and clothing from and to (a) other individual European Community countries, (b) the rest of the world and (c) the European Community for each year since 1970;
(2) what are the figures for imports and exports of textiles and clothing between the United Kingdom and, separately, the European Community and the rest of the world in real terms for each year since 1975.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what information he has regarding average unit labour costs in the textile and clothing industries of each country involved in the multi-fibre arrangement;
(2) if he will publish as a table in the Official Report the average hourly labour costs within the textile industries of Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States of America, Italy, Japan, France, Austria, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Macao and Thailand for the latest year for which figures are available, showing the costs in £ sterling and as an index with the United Kingdom as 100.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThis information is not collected by the Department and I can not readily identify a published source of the information to which the hon. Gentleman could be referred.