STATEMENT ON COTTON TEXTILE IMPORAS DECEMBER 1971
HOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES
WHAT EFFECT WILL THIS HAVE ON LEVEL OF IMPORTS?
It will not cut imports back, but will provent
them from increasing to disruptive levels.
2
WILL THIS BRING HORE EMPLOYMENT IN LANCASHIRE?
The Government recognise that tho process of ·
streamlining the cotton and allied textile
industry must continue if a viable and competitive industry is to emerge but the measuro just
announced should remove the main threat to
Lancashire textile jobs that has been lain ia
the disruption from imports that could otherwise
have happened next yeзr.
3. WHY HAS THE GOVERNMENT LEFT TAKING THIS DECISION
SO LATE?
The Government have been watching the situation
closely for some time. It is only in the last
few weeks that the combination of circumstances
has arison which have led them to this decision.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.