§ Lord McIntosh of Haringeyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether information gathered detailing the amount and nature of trade between the United Kingdom and its European Community partners may be legitimately published on a national basis as a part of any regular reporting of international trade.
§ Lord BelsteadInformation in some detail is published by the Statistical Office of the European Community and the individual member states. I have no grounds for doubting the legitimacy of this long-standing practice.