Written question asked by Alan Simpson (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 November 2001. It was answered by Nigel Griffiths (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 November 2001 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work has been undertaken by Government officials with the LOTIS Committee and the LOTIS Group on NGO objections to the liberalisation of trade in services.

Answer: Mr. Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what work has been undertaken by Government officials with the LOTIS Committee and the LOTIS Group on NGO objections to the liberalisation of trade in services. [15653] Nigel Griffiths: I have been asked to reply. The LOTIS Committee of International Financial Services, London, an independent private sector body, earlier this year produced a public response to NGO concerns about liberalisation of trade in services and the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services. Government officials, in their capacity as invited observers, offered the Committee comments, as they have to other NGOs on their work on this and other issues.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 375 c337W;375 c340W; 15653
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Competition Financial services Private sector Trade Service industries Non-governmental organisations
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk