HC Deb 02 February 1988 vol 126 c544W
22. Dr. Twinn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what progress is being made by British conference centres in marketing facilities in Britain to international associations and the corporate sector.

Mr. Lee

Good progress is being made in this area through the auspices of the British Conference and Exhibition Centres Export Council, which is supported by the British tourist authority. Britain now has a 10 per cent. share of the market for international conferences and association meetings, and in 1986, conferences earned a record £109 million from overseas visitors.