§ 29. Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will abandon the proposal to abolish the register of business names.
§ Mr. Eyre:No. My right hon. Friend does not believe that running a central registry of business names makes the best use of his Department's resources.
I. UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS £ million cif Country of consignment 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 France 628 998 1,366 1,637 2,114 2,694 3,215 4,056 Belgium-Luxembourg 324 475 735 954 1,303 1,685 1,829 2,320 Netherlands 615 919 1,651 1,891 2,458 2,524 2,523 3,445 Federal Republic of Germany 860 1,370 1,932 2,032 2,780 3,609 4,511 5,801 Italy 360 519 731 815 1,112 1,544 1,931 2,485 Irish Republic 450 532 810 923 1,050 1,300 1,605 1,686 Denmark 349 478 577 624 709 816 962 1,081 Total 3,587 5,291 7,802 8,876 11,526 14,173 16,576 20,874
II. UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS £ million fob Country of destination 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 France 531 697 941 1,180 1,740 2,167 2,523 3,070 Belgium-Luxembourg 405 634 842 928 1,411 1,844 2,200 2,467 Netherlands 455 612 1,003 1,136 1,524 2,178 2,255 3,064 Federal Republic of Germany 609 809 1,055 1,328 1,860 2,527 3,103 4,235 Italy 289 394 516 572 835 987 1,123 1,469 Irish Republic 471 629 830 917 1,273 1,649 2,042 2,554 Denmark 240 330 431 448 662 804 839 1,017 Total 2,999 4,106 5,618 6,510 9,305 12,156 14,084 17,876