asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what proposals exist for the Government to reduce their role in export promotion and for the abolition of dumping supervision;(2) what proposals exist to abolish his discretionary power governing undesirable company names, to institute a 24-hour notice in place of the on-demand service at the companies registration office and to abolish the discretionary power to allow companies to omit "Limited" in their name and the requirement to include directors' names on business documents;(3) if he will list the services provided by his Department that it is intended will be reduced in order to reduce the need for employing as many civil servants;(4) what proposals exist to remove the present bankruptcy service from his Department; and whether this service is to be replaced by anything if so removed;(5) what reduction he proposes to make in the commercial relations division of his Department; and whether the savings are to be made by refusing to discuss trade treaties with certain specified or unspecified countries;(6) what proposals exist to reduce supervisory controls on insurance companies; or if any such proposals are likely to be made in the near future.

I am reviewing a number of functions of the Department with a view to reducing Civil Service work, and will announce the outcome as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing the unit value of United Kingdom exports of manufactures each quarter from 1 January 1977 to the latest quarter on a 1970 base and the weighted average of the export prices of United Kingdom principal competitors on the same bases, together with an index showing the one divided by the other.

Unit value information for the United Kingdom on a 1970 base was not compiled after 1977. Information as was available on 1970 = 100 was

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the