HC Deb 27 November 1991 vol 199 c515W
30. Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will next meet representatives of the east midlands regional Confederation of British Industry to discuss industrial policy.

Mr. Lilley

Ministers and officials of my Department keep in touch with the CBI on a wide range of business matters. I last met regional CBI representatives when I attended the CBI's national conference on 4 November 1991 and the Minister for Corporate Affairs met the vice-chairman of the east midlands regional CBI in Nottingham on Friday 22 November.

34. Mr. Harry Barnes

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next plans to meet representatives of the Confederation of British Industry to discuss industrial policy.

Mr. Lilley

Ministers and officials of my Department keep in touch with the CBI on a wide range of business matters.