International Co-operation and Development

HC Deb 29 January 1993 vol 217 c899W

Mr. Meacher

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what policy initiatives he is planning to undertake in the next six months to promote international co-operation and development; what meetings he is planning to attend; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Needham

I and my ministerial colleagues and officials play a full part in all the relevant international bodies such as GATT, OECD and UNCTAD, including in this case participation in the restructuring of the organisation following UNCTAD VIII. We work in these bodies both through the European Community and in our own right. In the coming months my colleagues and I will make a number of overseas visits to strengthen the United Kingdom's trading links.

Constituency	Registered unemployed	Change	Jobs lost through colliery closures since June 1987
	June 1987	December 1992	Per cent.
Dover	3,868	4,827	24.8	794
Mid Staffordshire	3,673	3,791	3.2	832
Newcastle-under-Lyme	3,682	3,706	0.7	557
North Warwickshire	4,740	4,849	2.3	1,984
Coventry North West	4,510	4,475	–0.8
Bolsover	5,251	4,436	–15.5	861
North East Derbyshire	4,982	4,624	–7.2	129
South Derbyshire	3,907	3,811	–2.5	529
Bosworth	2,998	3,471	15.8	918
North West Leicestershire	3,902	3,520	–9.8
Ashfield	4,900	4,863	–0.8	457
Bassetlaw	5,359	4,509	–16.0	927
Gedling	3,544	3,943	11.3	591
Mansfield	5,200	4,681	–10.0	1,686
Sherwood	4,946	4,475	–9.5	1,514
Barnsley Central	5,658	4,295	–24.1	215
Barnsley East	5,353	3,824	–28.6	926
Barnsley West and Penistone	5,479	3,909	–28.7	480
Doncaster North	7,967	6,371	–20.0	1,087
Rother Valley	5,698	4,751	–16.6	1,042
Wentworth	6,130	4,655	–24.1	497
Elmet	3,150	3,051	–3.1	309
Selby	3,195	3,120	–2.3
Hemsworth	5,329	4,102	–23.0	1,298
Pontefract and Castleford	5,711	4,483	–21.5	550
Wakefield	4,835	4,260	–11.9	1,276
Eccles	5,045	4,135	–18.0	436
Leigh	5,510	4,453	–19.2	534
Makerfield	5,722	4,158	–27.3
St. Helens South	7,088	5,339	–24.7	310
Easington	5,703	3,761	–34.1	1,487
Wansbeck	5,370	4,148	–22.8	304
Llanelli	4,146	3,328	–19.7	269
Blaenau Gwent	4,799	3,473	–27.6	756
Islwyn	3,597	2,403	–33.2	851
Caerphilly	4,945	4,453	–9.9	310
Cynon Valley	3,919	3,690	–5.8	591
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	4,598	4,221	–8.2	1,101
Gower	3,004	2,573	–14.3	595
Neath	3,649	2,771	–24.1	599
Clackmannan	4,406	3,019	–31.5	112
Kirkcaldy	4,781	3,745	–21.7	647
Midlothian	4,336	3,414	–21.3	596