HC Deb 16 December 1997 vol 303 cc118-9W
Ann Clwyd

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will publish details of the arrangements under which work previously carried out under the Home Office Export Initiative will be carried out by the overseas trade services section of her Department. [20016]

Mrs. Roche

My Department and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, under the banner of Overseas Trade Services, give advice and assistance to all British companies seeking to trade overseas, including those companies from the security industry. This includes access to help provided under the Export Promoter Initiative and Trade Fair and Overseas Seminar Support Scheme.

Ann Clwyd

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what discussions she has had with(a) the Association of Chief Police Officers and (b) trade associations representing the policing and security sector concerning the operation of the export initiative previously managed by the Home Office. [20015]

Mrs. Roche

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer to her by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 11 December 1997,Official Report, column 648.