§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what guidelines were issued to British Embassy officials who co-operated with other EEC officials to produce economic reports on the countries to which they were accredited, so as to prevent the disclosure of economic information that could be valuable to the commercial interests of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. JuddThese joint reports are on the general economic and political situation in the countries concerned. In contributing to them our missions overseas naturally bear in mind the need to avoid any disclosures which could harm British commercial interests.