asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the fact that the French Government has again refused to allow the importation of British footwear into France; and what action he is proposing to take in view of the obligations of the French Government under the agreement to liberalise trade.

The French Government have agreed to quotas for small quantities of footwear imported from the United Kingdom. As regards liberalisation of trade, the decisions taken by the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation do not require a member country to relax restrictions on particular goods.