§ 1993. Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what effect the change in the terms of trade for finished manufactures has had on (i) imports and exports of motor cars and (ii) output and unemployment in the United Kingdom car industry since 1973; and what has been the import penetration into the United Kingdom car market in(a) 1973, (b) 1979 and (c)
§ Mr. SainsburyThere is no detailed information on the effect that the change in terms of trade for finished manufactures has had on the motor car industry. Information on the terms of trade and overseas trade is regularly published in the "Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics", a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 16 February 1994,Official Report, columns 829–30.