§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the President of the Board of Trade what discussions he has had with industry with a view to 153W defining a company which has a substantial export record; whether he has sufficient information in his Department to compile a list of companies which not only export goods to a value of £250,000 but in excess of 25 per cent. of total sales; and what consideration he has given to the annual publication of a list of such companies at the same time as the announcement of the Queen's Award for export and technology.
§ Mr. JayI have had no discussions with industry for the purpose of defining a substantial export record.
Although my Department has a good deal of information about firms' export sales, I could not at present compile a comprehensive list of the kind proposed, and its publication would, in any case, raise questions of disclosure. I have no present intention of publishing such a list.