HC Deb 16 May 1990 vol 172 c455W
70. Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the level of United Kingdom trade with West Germany.

116. Mr. Lambie

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the level of United Kingdom trade with West Germany.

Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the level of United Kingdom trade with West Germany.

Mr. Redwood

In the first quarter of 1990 United Kingdom visible exports to West Germany were £3 billion, an increase of 20 per cent. over the first quarter of 1989. On the same comparison, visible imports from West Germany rose by 11 per cent., to £5 billion.

82. Mr. Clelland

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met his West German counterpart to discuss the trade deficit of the United Kingdom with West Germany.

93. Mr. Frank Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met his West German counterpart to discuss the trade deficit of the United Kingdom with West Germany.

96. Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met his West German counterpart to discuss the trade deficit of the United Kingdom with Germany.

Mr. Redwood

DTI Ministers maintain close contacts with their West German opposite numbers on a range of issues. The Secretary of State last met the Federal Economics Minister, Dr. Haussmann, in London at the Anglo-German summit on 30 March.

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