§ Mr. Latham asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will list all the firms and industrial organisations which were (a) consulted by his Department and (b) submitted written comments to his Department during the review in 1983 into the practice of authenticating negative certificates of origin relating to the Arab trade boycott of Israel, indicating which respondents favoured continuation of the existing system and which wished the authentication to be discontinued.
§ Mr. EggarSuch exchanges with British companies and trade bodies are held on the basis that they will remain confidential.