India is concerned, at the Government aro

mopared to consider with the Indian Govormont

what action might be taken to alleviate their

position as the result of a tariff.

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93 The earliest date proposed by the Textile

Council for the changeovor to the tariff is

Let January 1972. The Government intend to

enter into discussion with Commonwealth Govern-

ments which have rights to duty-free entry in the

near futuro with a viow to securing their

agreement to the introduction of a tariff on this

basis. The objective is to give the industry a

Thy riakije reasonable time to propare for the change,

also

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I turn now to the question of financial

assistance to the industry to encourage ro-

equipment, Here the Government have concluded

that in prosent circumstances, including in

particular the position on public expenditure,

but for it would not be possible to justify giving thb

industry financial assistance in excess of that

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