Manufacturing Industry

HC Deb 20 June 1990 vol 174 cc584-5W

27. Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met representatives of the Confederation of British Industry to discuss the performance of the British manufacturing industry.

65. Mr. Hood

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussion he has recently had with the president of the Confederation of British Industry about the performance of British manufacturing industry.

76. Mr. Geoffrey Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has recently had with the president of the Confederation of British Industry about the performance of British manufacturing industry.

112. Mr. Radice

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has recently had with the president of the CBI about the performance of British manufacturing industry.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Ministers and officials of my Department keep in touch with the CBI on a range of issues relevant to business.

32. Mr. Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next expects to meet the president of the Confederation of British Industry to discuss manufacturing industry.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I have no immediate plans to meet the president of the Confederation of British Industry.

66. Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will indicate, for each year since 1979, whether the United Kingdom had a surplus or a deficit in manufactured goods with other European Community countries.

Mr. Ridley

The information requested is shown in the table.

Crude balance of trade in manufactured goods
£ million
	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
France	-727	-439	-595	-535	-1,082	-1,154	-1,222	-1,510	-1,151	-1,152	-967
Belgium-Lux	-403	-168	-380	-525	-499	-558	-518	-357	-528	-608	-695
Netherlands	84	184	-191	-466	-803	-844	-747	-1,128	-1,117	-1,914	-2,157
FR Germany	-2,523	-2,001	-2,152	-3,314	-4,926	-5,069	-5,833	-6,713	-7,465	-8,676	-9,631
Italy	-796	-368	-498	-826	-1,175	-1,302	-1,387	-1,590	-1,553	-1,787	-2,087
Irish Republic	954	793	690	547	471	495	548	584	484	491	698
Denmark	147	114	-5	-1	-71	-81	-21	-1	-58	-140	-197
Greece	184	140	137	137	172	163	167	149	152	173	222
Portugal	14	79	49	39	-74	-236	-238	-217	-98	-49	-77
Spain	-78	-79	-71	-80	-84	-257	-294	-54	251	257	442

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.

Manufactured goods have been defined as Sections 5 to 8 of the Standard International Trade Classification Revision 3 (SITC (Rev 3)).

49. Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received on the competitiveness of British manufacturing industry.

50. Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received on the competitiveness of British manufacturing industry.

61. Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received on the competitiveness of British manufacturing industry.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I have received a number of representations on the competitiveness of British manufacturing industry.