HC Deb 04 December 1995 vol 268 cc49-50W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what discussions his Department has had with the British Standards Institution regarding a British standard for small firms.[3692]

thousands
Table 1: UK imports of cycles
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
China 101.0 141.9 127.6 7.7 12.5
ASEAN 121.6 136.3 412.5 318.2 395.2
Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia 119.0 125.1 361.1 300.2 387.2
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea (north and south) 1,048.0 1,012.6 1,001.6 664.1 624.2

Note:

ASEAN = Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines.

Source:

Her Majesty's Customs & Excise.

Mr. Page

This Department has had no discussions with the British Standards Institution regarding a British standard for small firms. As I stated in my reply on 22 November 1995,Official Report, column 209, there are no plans to introduce a British standard for small firms.