HC Deb 20 March 1991 vol 188 cc158-9W
33. Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the prospects for trade with the countries of eastern Europe.

Mr. Sainsbury

The short-term prospects for trade with most of the countries of eastern Europe have worsened this year. However, the prospects of investment in and longer term trade with Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, are continuing to improve as their governments press ahead with reform and establish a proper legal and fiscal framework for business.