To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the UK's business competitiveness in international markets in each of the last three years; and against which competitors each assessment was made. (284023)

[holding answer 3 July 2009]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on 13 July 2009, Official Report, column 190-91W.