§ Mr. Altonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider allocating a place on the free port steering committee to a representative of the United Kingdom free zone operators.
§ Mr. BrookeI would refer the hon. Gentleman to the answers given by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 3 February 1986 at column68. It would be inappropriate for a representative of the freeport operators to participate in the deliberations of the committee of officials which oversees the five-yeas research study of the six experimental freeports being conducted by Roger Tym and Partners.