131 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position the Government has taken within European Union negotiations in advance of the non-agricultural market access talks due to take place in Hong Kong; his views on whether the arguments raised by development non-governmental organisations that the further removal of tariffs being proposed by the European Union and other developed countries will only lead to poor-country governments facing balance of payments problems, loss of tax revenue, downward pressure on workers’ conditions and rights and the undermining of their future industrial development prospects. [37931/05]

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131 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position the Government has taken within European Union negotiations in advance of the non-agricultural market access talks due to take place in Hong Kong; his views on whether the arguments raised by development non-governmental organisations that the further removal of tariffs being proposed by the European Union and other developed countries will only lead to poor-country governments facing balance of payments problems, loss of tax revenue, downward pressure on workers’ conditions and rights and the undermining of their future industrial development prospects. [37931/05]

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1. 6 December 2005

   Trade Liberalisation.

   131 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position the Government has taken within European Union negotiations in advance of the non-agricultural market access talks due to take place in Hong Kong; his views on whether the arguments raised by development non-governmental organisations that the further removal of tariffs being proposed by the European Union and other developed countries will only lead to poor-country governments facing balance of payments problems, loss of tax revenue, downward pressure on workers’ conditions and rights and the undermining of their future industrial development prospects. [37931/05]

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