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Mr. Iain Mills
asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will make a statement on the current state of negotiations on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade agreement on industrial counterfeiting.
Mr. Sproat
Negotiations in the GATT for an agreement on counterfeiting are continuing, with the
| Firework injuries in Great Britain | ||||||
| (4 week period in October-November) | ||||||
| Year | 1981 | 1980 | 1979 | 1978 | 1977 | |
| Place of Accident | Total | 681 | 555 | 745 | 953 | 733 |
| 1 Family or private party | 231 | 168 | 239 | 359 | 275 | |
| 2 Semi-public party (eg Scouts, cricket club) | 58 | 47 | 135 | 175 | 144 | |
| 3 Large public display | 101 | 95 | ||||
| 4 Casual incident in street, etc. | 229 | 194 | 290 | 350 | 258 | |
| 5 Other place | 46 | 31 | 52 | 51 | 56 | |
| 6 Indoors* | 16 | 20 | 29 | 18 | ||
| Type of Firework | ||||||
| 1 Banger | 167 | 135 | 190 | 212 | 178 | |
| 2 Rocket | 102 | 66 | 73 | 122 | 87 | |
| 3 Roman candle, coloured fire, etc. | 107 | 81 | 124 | 160 | 112 | |
| 4 Home-made or extracted powder | 26 | 19 | 34 | 39 | 19 | |
| 5 Other proprietary fireworks of which: | 64 | 46 | 65 | 107 | 92 | |
| 5.1 Flyabout† | 15 | |||||
| 6 Sparklers | 48 | 33 | 48 | 71 | 65 | |
| 7 Unspecified type | 167 | 175 | 211 | 242 | 245 | |
| Severity of Injury | ||||||
| 1 Fatal injury | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 Detained more than one night | 24 | 46 | 49 | 65 | 71 | |
| 3 Sufficient to cause absence from work or equivalent | 62 | 82 | 97 | 119 | 89 | |
| 4 Minor injury | 531 | 403 | 565 | 730 | 539 | |
| 5 Unspecified injury | 64 | 24 | 34 | 39 | 33 | |
| Eye injuries (included in 2–5) | 261 | 261 | 310 | 363 | 276 | |
| Age Group of Injured Persons | ||||||
| Over20 | 132 | 100 | 146 | 170 | 145 | |
| 16–20 | 89 | 66 | 80 | 70 | 40 | |
| 13–15 | 173 | 151 | 211 | 226 | 190 | |
| Under 13 | 287 | 238 | 308 | 487 | 358 | |
| * Included in "other place" prior to 1978. | ||||||
| † Included in other proprietary fireworks from 1978. | ||||||
| Firework injuries in England and Wales (4 week period in October-November) | ||||||
| Year | 1981 | 1980 | 1979 | 1978 | 1977 | |
| Place of Accident | Total | 646 | 525 | 715 | 912 | 709 |
| 1 Family or private party | 224 | 163 | 233 | 345 | 272 | |
| 2 Semi-public party (eg Scouts, cricket club) | 50 | 47 | 128 | 164 | 138 | |
| 3 Large public display | 94 | 90 | ||||
importance of the issue being emphasised by the United States and the European Community. There are, however, difficulties over the text of the agreement and because some countries do not see it as particularly relevant to their trade needs. Others doubt whether the GATT is the appropriate international forum. The Government hope that these problems may be solved in the framework of the GATT ministerial meeting in November 1982.