§ Mr. Alexanderasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will announce his decision on the future of Export United; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe future of Export United depends on the decisions of individual companies, not of Government Ministers. The British Overseas Trade Board, which sponsors the campaign along with the CBI, the TUC, the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, the Institute of Exports, and the Committee on Invisible Exports, continues to provide assistance to firms running Export United campaigns, but it is the individual companies that run the campaigns not Government Departments. I am sure that this is the right distribution of responsibility.