§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the British Government have put any proposals to the European Community in discussions on the general agreement on tariffs and trade and textiles concerning safeguards, anti-dumping, access to new markets and preventing counterfeiting.
§ Mr. Redwood[holding answer 5 February 1990]The Government recognise the need for the return of trade in textiles and clothing to GATT rules to be accompanied by a strengthening of those rules. We have played—and will continue to play—an active part in the development of Community positions: we are keen to see progress in the current GATT negotiations on safeguards, anti-dumping, market access and intellectual property, all matters of great concern to the textile industry. The EC negotiators will have to judge all these matters in the light of progress in the GATT round as a whole.