New Zealand (Hansard, 20 April 1988)

HC Deb 20 April 1988 vol 131 cc435-6W 435W

§ Mr. Butler
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the latest figures for the balance of trade between the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

§ Mr. Alan Clark
In the first two months of 1988 trade between the United Kingdom and New Zealand showed a crude deficit of £21.9 million.
These figures should be treated with more than the usual caution because of major changes to the Customs
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§ Mr. Atkins
Expenditure on the business improvement services scheme in the English regions, for which my Department is responsible has been as follows:
procedures introduced in January 1988, details of which were given in a reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Hertfordshire, South-West (Mr. Page), on 7 December 1987, at columns 34–35.