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Mr. Dobson
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 28 January, Official Report, columns 503-4, how many of the Ministers listed, other than the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and himself, took part in party political activities during their visit in addition to their official duties.
The Prime Minister
This information is not centrally recorded and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.Further to the answer I gave the hon. Member on 28 January, at columns 503-4, the list of ministerial visits omitted the visit to Hong Kong of Lord Brabazon, Minister of State for Transport, in February 1991.
| Table 1: United Kingdom Trade in Manufactured Goods Value, £ billion | ||||||||
| EC | USA | Japan | Other Countries | |||||
| Export | Import | Export | Import | Export | Import | Export | Import | |
| 1985 | 22·1 | 31·8 | 8·1 | 8·4 | 0·8 | 4·0 | 21·5 | 14·1 |
| 1986 | 24·4 | 35·3 | 8·2 | 7·0 | 0·9 | 4·9 | 21·1 | 15·6 |
| 1987 | 28·6 | 39·8 | 8·7 | 7·8 | 1·2 | 5·4 | 22·4 | 17·9 |
| 1988 | 32·4 | 45·9 | 8·9 | 9·3 | 1·5 | 6·5 | 23·3 | 21·9 |
| 1989 | 38·1 | 52·8 | 10·2 | 11·9 | 2·0 | 7·0 | 26·2 | 24·4 |
| 1990 | 44·1 | 54·1 | 10·6 | 12·6 | 2·3 | 6·6 | 27·2 | 24·8 |
| 1991 | 48·0 | 49·6 | 9·6 | 12·0 | 1·9 | 6·7 | 26·5 | 23·9 |
Note: EC includes the former East Germany throughout.
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.