HC Deb 20 June 1990 vol 174 cc593-4W
80. Mr. Colin Shepherd

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will next meet with the Confederation of British Industry to discuss the future development of the ECGD.

Mr. Ridley

I have no current plans to discuss the future of ECGD with the CBI. The memorandum submitted by the CBI to the Trade and Industry Select Committee—see third special report, 1988–89 Session—shows the CBI to be broadly supportive of the Government's decision on the future status and organisation of ECGD which I announced on 18 December 1989.