Proposed Ban On Cotton Imports

EDM number 1558 in 1997-98, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 15/07/1998.

That this House supports the British Government in opposing measures taken by the European Commission to impose duties on cotton imports from China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey; recognises the adverse effect this will have on United Kingdom jobs with 7,000 jobs in the United Kingdom textile finishing sector at risk; and calls on the Government to continue its stance in objecting to these measures along with the eight other member states who oppose the duties in order to ensure that these proposals are scrapped.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs.