HC Deb 19 July 1990 vol 176 c675W
Mr. Bowis

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much his Department spent in 1989–90, expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product; and what comparable information he has on the Japanese Ministry of International Trade.

Mr. Lilley

Expenditure by the DTI last year was one quarter per cent. of GDP whereas general expenditure by Japan's Ministry of International Trade proportionate to GDP was one third lower, even though its responsibilities are wider.

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