§ Mr. James Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade what investigations he is currently making into the subject of survival radio for ships at sea; and whether it is his intention to make it a mandatory requirement for British traw 476W United Kingdom goods and services provided to Dubai for the most recent years for which figures are available, and the nature of imports received from that country.
§ Mr. MeacherThe crude balance of trade in goods with these countries—that is, exports valued fob minus imports cif—can be determined from Table IB of the 1976 annual issue and the 1977 September issue of the "Overseas 'Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom". Table II of these publications, which are available in the House of Commons Library, also provides a detailed commodity analysis of imports. Statistics of services provided to these countries are not available.