HC Deb 02 April 1998 vol 309 c663W
20. Mr. Gamier

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment she has made of the effect of the current value of the pound on manufacturing exporters in the East Midlands. [35993]

Mrs. Beckett

The Government appreciate the difficulties that the level of the pound is causing exporters in the East Midlands and elsewhere in the country. But exporters will not benefit from a return to the boom and bust policies of the past. Industry wants, and this Government are delivering, a stable macroeconomic environment.