§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Trade what growth in exports he now expects in the current financial year.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe outlook for exports depends both on the course of world trade, which is at present depressed, and on our ability to maintain competitiveness in export prices. I am not prepared to venture an estimate for the rest of the current financial year, but I hope that exporters will be ready to seize the opportunities that will come when world trade revives.