§ Mr. Higginsasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will estimate the maximum amount of export credit made available by members of the OECD to Russia and the Comecon countries generally at three convenient dates in the past 10 years, the amount now outstanding and 542W the corresponding amount of credit actually taken up at the same dates.
§ Mr. MeacherThe OECD countries regularly exchange information on the amount of their officially supported export credit to the COMECON countries. These exchanges are confidential and the figures cannot, therefore, be published.