§ Mr. Philip Hollandasked the Minister for Trade (1) what main recommendations were made to his Department by the Export Guarantee Advisory Council in its written advice submitted in 1981; and what action has been taken in each case;
(2) pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Carlton on 6 December, what were the wider issues on which advice was given by the Export Guarantee Advisory Council; and what connotation is implied by the comparison.
§ Dr. VaughanThe export guarantees advisory council is customarily consulted on the operation of day-to-day business on the commercial account of the Export Credits Guarantee Department. In 1980–81 the council reviewed those operations as a whole and made a variety of recommendations relating mainly to the structure of the accounts, the apportionment of the Department's resources between various parts of those operations and the possibilities of closer cooperation between the Department and the private banking and insurance sectors. As indicated in the reply of my hon. and learned Friend the Minister for Trade in his reply of 6 December 1982—[Vol. 33, c.362]—all these recommendations either have been implemented or are being pursued with interested parties.