§ Mr. Gouldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report the names of firms from which he has had direct reports of the high rate of export profitability; and whether he has any comparable evidence to the contrary.
§ Mr. Meacher,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 10th January 1977; Vol. 923, c. 414], gave the following information:
No list of the kind which my hon. Friend is seeking is available, but we are discussing with the main exporting companies the balance in their response to sterling depreciation between increasing market share and maximising foreign exchange earnings.