HC Deb 14 March 1990 vol 169 cc297-8W
48. Mr. Jack Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his future plans for his Department's export programme.

Mr. Redwood

The British Overseas Trade Board's forward plan, published on 23 January, sets out the priorities for the use of the resources available for official export promotion—over £120 million a year—in 1990–91 and provides a basis for their use in the next two years. This will ensure that resources are used where they will have the greatest effect on our exports.