§ 35. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he has taken as a result of his recent official visit to the Scandinavian countries to increase trade between those countries and North-East Scotland; and with what result.
§ Mr. JayI would refer my hon. and learned Friend to the Answer given to him on 19th May, 1966. In the first 10 months of this year our exports to Scandinavia and Finland increased by nearly 7½ per cent. compared with the corresponding period last year. North-East Scotland no doubt shared in this increase.
§ Mr. HughesDoes my right hon. Friend realise that these visits gave him a splendid opportunity to remove the astounding disparity between attempts to develop trade between North Britain on the one hand, and South Britain on the other with the Continent? What is he doing about North-East Scotland?
§ Mr. JayI am glad to say that, in the British Week in Oslo last summer, Scottish goods were very much in evidence.