HC Deb 18 November 1997 vol 301 cc102-3W
Caroline Flint

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the initiatives taken by his Department to improve export promotion.[16357]

Mr. Fatchett

This Department and the Department of Trade and Industry launched the Export Forum in June to look at ways to enhance the effectiveness of current government support for UK exporters. The Forum met between July and October, and my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade welcomed its recommendations in her written announcement to the House on 4 November 1997,Official Report, columns 127–28.

In July we also announced a rolling programme of attachments of business men and women to work on specific promotions or projects overseas for periods of a few months.

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