§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Bradford North, of 7 November,Official Report, column 704, what action has been taken by Her Majesty's Government or is planned to ensure the exclusion of imports of woven wool fabrics from stage two of the European Union's phasing out of the multi-fibre arrangement; if the matter is subject to qualified majority voting; when final decisions will be taken; and if he will make a further statement. [5043]
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 19 November 1996]: A qualified majority of EU member states, including the United Kingdom, support a compromise proposal from the Irish presidency for stage 2 of the phasing out of the multi-fibre arrangement, which would exclude woven wool fabrics from liberalisation.