HC Deb 01 November 1995 vol 265 cc344-5W
20. Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on his governmental responsibilities. [38670]

Mr. Lang

My Department's objective is to help United Kingdom business compete successfully at home and abroad. It also aims, through the Office of Science and Technology, to strengthen the UK's science engineering and technology capability and to maximise its contribution to national economic performance and quality of life. The drive to enhance the UK'S international competitiveness, to which the whole Government is committed, is central to the Department's work.