asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will make a statement on the developing and financing of trade with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics since the Prime Minister's last visit to Moscow.

The Secretary of State will be leading the United Kingdom delegation to Moscow in May for a meeting of the Anglo/Soviet Joint Commission. This will follow up, among other matters, the important programmes of economic co-operation and the credit agreement recently concluded by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, which have increased the opportunities for our exports to the USSR.