§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is being done to liberalise United Kingdom export controls in preparation for the single European market.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkHer Majesty's Government expect to see a considerable reduction in controls on exports to our European Community partners and others before 1992. A step in this direction has been taken with the introduction of an open general export Licence which frees British exporters from the need to apply for individual licences for a wide range of industrial goods for export to our partners in the European Community, the USA, Canada, Japan and Australia.
I am placing a copy of the open general export licence (European Community and COCOM destinations) in the Library.