To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the criteria for selection of Ambassadors for British business. [81038]

The Ambassadors for British Business were elected to represent a wide cross-section of British commercial success. They are people who frequently go abroad on working visits and have a wealth of specialist knowledge backed up by the excellent contracts. They include the chairmen and executives of multinationals as well as smaller concerns. They have been very successful in helping to promote the United Kingdom as a place to do business.