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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with (1) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (2) the Department for International Development about the impact of the Export Forum's recommended target markets on their policies with regard to (i) development and (ii) democratisation...

Asked by

Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 October 1998

Reference

317 c1038-9W; 53463

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the Export Forum's recommendations as to target markets. - (Holding answer 31 July 1998).

Asked by

Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 September 1998

Reference

317 c870-1W;317 c871W; 53462

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what contribution her Department made to the budget of the Export Forum in the last financial year. - Including figure.

Asked by

Barry Sheerman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 April 1998

Reference

38881; 310 c510-1W

House

House of Commons

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the importance of export sales to the economy of, and employment in, the United Kingdom

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the importance of export sales to the economy of, and employment in, the United Kingdom. Motion withdrawn.

Lead member

Viscount Oxfuird

Answering member

Earl of Home

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Parliamentary proceedings

Date

1 April 1998

Reference

588 c283-329

House

House of Lords

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he proposes to implement his Department's new export initiative based on the recommendations of the Export Forum.

Asked by

David Faber (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 March 1998

Reference

34720; 308 c474W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Pursuant to the recommendations of the Export Forum, if he will comment on his Department's export promotion work. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by

Anne Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 January 1998

Reference

20427; 304 c189W;304 c185-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

1st supplementary on when DTI will act on the export forum's report.

Asked by

Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West) (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

18 December 1997

Reference

303 c467

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Answered by

Baroness Beckett (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

18 December 1997

Reference

303 c467

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, What priority her Department attaches to improving the competitiveness of British industry in respect of the export market. -

Asked by

Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West) (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

18 December 1997

Reference

303 c467; 19867

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Answered by

Baroness Beckett (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

18 December 1997

Reference

303 c467

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Weston-Super-Mare of 10th December, Official Report, Column 596, on the DTI/FCO Export Forum, if he will comment on his plans to help United Kingdom companies export their goods abroad.

Asked by

David Faber (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 1997

Reference

21293; 303 c80W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what initiatives her Department will undertake in response to the report by the joint DTI/FCO Export Forum, Towards an Export Initiative; and what part the Business Links will have in this initiative.

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 1997

Reference

19582; 302 c596W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

1st supplementary on small and medium businesses.

Asked by

Julia Drown (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

25 November 1997

Reference

301 c756

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answered by

Derek Fatchett (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

25 November 1997

Reference

301 c756

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, If he will comment on the impact on his Dep artment of the recommendations of the Export Forum.

Asked by

Julia Drown (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

25 November 1997

Reference

301 c756; 15991

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answered by

Derek Fatchett (Labour)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

25 November 1997

Reference

301 c756

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep/3 5500

Towards an export initiative: a report by the Export Forum. DTI/FCO. 1997.

Deposited by

Department of Trade and Industry; Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Deposited papers

Date

5 November 1997

Reference

Dep/3 5500

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Statement on when they will publish the conclusions of the Export Forum. - Includes ref to 'Towards an Export Initiative' (in Library as Dep 3/5500).

Asked by

Paul Goggins (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 November 1997

For answer on

4 November 1997

Answered on

4 November 1997

Mr. Goggins: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will publish the conclusions of the Export Forum. [14581] Mrs. Beckett: "Towards an Export Initiative"--the report of the Export Forum--has today been published and a copy placed in the Library of the House. The Export Forum was established by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in July of this year. Its remit was to examine the effectiveness of current Government support for UK exporters and to make recommendations for a new export initiative. The forum has concluded that government has a vital and essential role to play in export promotion. It recommends that the Government could discharge this role more effectively by taking action in the following areas. focusing additional effort on a small number of key overseas markets, as opposed to dividing all its effort between 80 "priority markets"; selecting these markets both with a view to the needs of the new and inexperienced exporter and with a view to helping all exporters attack difficult but promising markets where the UK is currently underperforming; incorporating the strengths and priorities of key sectors of UK industry into the planning process, with a better focus on service industries in particular; enhancing the support that it gives to UK firms seeking to invest overseas; ensuring greater consistency and improved quality in the export services delivered by Business Links and in the chargeable work of FCO posts; strengthening the marketing and branding of Government export support to obtain greater coherence and a more customer-friendly interface; making greater use of IT and the Internet in delivering services to UK exporters; restructuring and strengthening the British Overseas Trade Board as the Government's key advisory body on export promotion. The Government welcomes the forum's report and the thrust of its recommendations. We will be looking to respond positively and to start work now in many of the areas outlined by the forum as requiring change. Our response in respect of some of the forum's recommendations will need to await the completion of the DTI and FCO comprehensive spending reviews.

Date

4 November 1997

Reference

14581; 300 c127-8W

House

House of Commons

Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

Statement on whether they will publish the conclusions of the Export Forum.- Includes fact that 'Towards an Export Initiative' the report of the Export Forum has today been published and in the Library.

Asked by

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 November 1997

Reference

582 c288-9WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of Trade and Industry

Who are the members of the new Export Forum; how they were appointed; and if she will set out the forum's terms of reference. - (Holding answer 10 July 1997).

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

11 July 1997

Answered on

11 July 1997

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the President of the Board of Trade who are the members of the new Export Forum; how they were appointed; and if she will set out the forum's terms of reference. [7678] Mrs. Roche: [holding answer 10 July 1997]: My Noble Friend the Minister for Trade and my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced yesterday the membership of the Export Forum. This is as follows: Tom Harris DTI (Chairman) Sir Andrew Burns FCO (Alternate Chairman) Peter Godwin (British Overseas Trade Board) Robert Beresford (Overseas Projects Board) Ken Jackson (Trades Union Congress) Tony Bastock (Chemical Industries Association) Glenys Goucher (Chief Executive, Business Link North Derbyshire) Ron Taylor (British Chambers of Commerce) Ian Campbell (Institute of Export) Emmanuel Cotter (North London Business Development Agency) Richard Brown (Aston Fittings Manufacturing Ltd.) Dorothy MacKenzie (Dragon International Consulting) Garry Campkin (CBI) Ted Dilley (Cable and Wireless) Hector Munro (British Council) Roy Leighton (British Invisibles) Victor Lunn-Rockcliffe (Exports Credit Guarantee Department) David Orchard (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) John Middleton (Department of Health) Richard Wood (Department of the Environment) Dilwyn Griffith (HM Treasury) Martin Briggs (Government Office for the East Midlands) Bryony Lodge (Department of National Heritage) Members were invited to participate in the Forum after wide consultations both within Whitehall and with industry. The membership reflects a broad range of interests and expertise in area of international trade. The Forum's terms of reference are to consider: 1. The effectiveness with which official support is provided for: (i) trade fairs; (ii) trade missions; (iii) sales leads; (iv) export marketing research; (v) UK firms bidding for overseas projects; (vi) other export promotion activities. 2. The current arrangements for interdepartmental consultation. 3. The current arrangements for consultation with business. 4. The interface between the Overseas Trade Services and Business Links. 5. The present system for establishing market and sectoral priorities. 6. The marketing and branding of official export promotion services. To reach conclusions and recommendations by the autumn, without prejudice to the outcome of the President's comprehensive review of DTI's expenditure.

Date

11 July 1997

Reference

7678; 297 c649-50W

House

House of Commons

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