HC Deb 01 June 1981 vol 5 cc234-5W
39. Mr. Nelson

asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he has any proposals for amendment of the guidelines for officially supported export credit to include mixed credits in the International Agreement of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries; and what discussions he has had with other European Economic Community Governments on agreed changes to the consensus.

Mr. Parkinson

Discussions have been taking place with our Community partners recently on improvements that might be made to the OECD consensus on export credit terms. I for my part would certainly wish to see tighter rules applied to the prior notification of mixed credits under the consensus arrangement. I shall certainly continue to press our partners to include this item in any proposals which we put forward for changes in the consensus later this year.