Scott Inquiry

Sir David Mitchell: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to make available copies of the Scott report on 15 February. [15645]

Mr. Lang: In view of the exceptional size of, and interest in, Sir Richard Scott's report, the arrangements for the distribution of copies to hon. Members have been agreed by the Government, the Speaker and the House authorities. The following arrangements will apply: (a) copies will be available from the Reasons Room at the back of the Chair as well as from the Vote Office; (b) under the Speaker's authority, the sitting will be suspended at 3.30 pm for 10 minutes for facilitate the distribution of copies to hon. Members.

Mr. Llew Smith: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the cost of the first print run of the Scott inquiry report; how many copies have been printed; and what will be the availability of the report to interested parties abroad. [14832]

Mr. Lang: The printing costs result from competitive tendering undertaken by HMSO and are therefore commercially confidential.

Some 3,500 copies of the report will be delivered for publication; the position is being monitored and additional copies can be obtained at short notice.

HMSO mail order services operate for overseas customers. Orders will be accepted direct. HMSO also has a network of stockists and agents overseas, who will order publications on request.

Mr. Smith: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will ensure that copies of the supporting information for Lord Justice Scott's inquiry report comprising selected material from documents submitted to the inquiry are published as soon after the publication of the report itself as possible; and if he will ensure that the information is available in paper copy as well as microfiche and CD-ROM versions. [14831]

Mr. Lang: As soon as possible after publication of the report, the inquiry will be publishing the supporting documents in an accessible form.

Mr. Robin Cook: To ask the President of the Board of Trade on how many occasions since 1 January 1995 (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had contact with Lord Howe concerning his correspondence with the Scott inquiry. [14822]

Mr. Lang [holding answer 12 February 1996]: As a former colleague, Lord Howe has kept me informed about these matters from time to time.

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Trade (New Zealand)

Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is (i), the value of (a) exports and (b) imports and (ii) the trade balance with New Zealand in each year since 1996. [14135]

Mr. Oppenheim: The information is given in the table.

UK visible trade with New Zealand£ million, current prices

	UK Exports	UK Imports	Crude trade balance
1966	128	187	-59
1967	100	186	-86
1968	10	197	-93
1969	122	216	-94
1970	129	203	-74
1971	146	228	-82
1972	147	252	-105
1973	167	276	-109
1974	259	243	16
1975	256	322	-66
1976	256	331	-75
1977	290	384	-94
1978	268	434	-166
1979	312	415	-103
1980	249	408	-159
1981	235	427	-192
1982	322	539	-217
1983	286	487	-201
1984	368	482	-114
1985	396	533	-137
1986	342	454	-112
1987	379	487	-108
1988	299	441	-142
1989	400	437	-37
1990	440	485	-45
1991	260	391	-131
1992	263	429	-166
1993	332	496	-164
1994	411	538	-127
1995	436	578	-142

Notes:

Exports valued free on board (fob).

Imports valued cost, insurance and freight (cif).

Crude trade balance = Exports (fob) less Imports (cif).

Source:

Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics.

Departmental Secondments

Mr. Caborn: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the individuals, by name and company, who are on temporary secondment to his Department; and if he will list the type and nature of the secondment. [14674]

Mr. John M. Taylor: I list in table 1 the names and parent companies of those individuals currently on temporary secondment to the Department as part of the export promoter initiative. At table 2 is a list of the names and parent companies of those individuals who are on temporary secondment to the Department as part of our continuing programme of interchange of staff with the private sector.

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Table 1: Secondees into the Department as part of the Export Promoter Initiative

Name	Company
Mr. David Gray	ABCC
Mr. Nigel Crowe	All Set Up Ltd.
Mr. Godfrey Linnett	Allied Domecq plc
Ms Danusia Bizon	AMW Associates
Mr. David Kemp	Balfour Beatty Ltd.
Mr. Graham Towler	Banque Paribas
Mr. Eric Clark	Barclays Bank plc
Mr. David Brown	BEAMA Ltd.
Dr. Robin Turrell	Biwater Ltd.
Mr. Dennis Owen	British Telecommunications plc
Mr. Stewart Thompson	British Marine Equipment Council
Mr. Jerry Stockbridge	British Telecommunications plc
Mr. Julian Manning	British American Tobacco Co. Ltd.
Mr. Gavin Trenchman	British Petroleum Company plc
Mr. Peter Cameron	British Gas plc
Mr. Duncan Robson	British Steel plc
Mr. Patrick Edworthy	British Aerospace Defence Ltd.
Mr. E. John Rogers	British Aerospace plc
Mr. Robert Mason	BT Business Communications
Dr. Peter Bailes	BT plc
Mr. Anthony Lunch	Business Link
Mr. Christopher Cox	Cable and Wireless plc
Mr. Kieran Hughes	Claridge Mills Ltd.
Mr. Paul Brown	Cotswold Estate Services Ltd.
Mr. John Sowels	CSO Valuations AG
Mr. David Marsh	David Marsh (Manchester) Ltd.
Mr. Rodney Allen	DeCTA
Mr. Peter Warren	Drinks Marketing Consortium
Mr. Keith Bullock	dusek design building
Mr. Grant Shannon	Easibind International Ltd.
Mr. Geoffrey Lincoln	East European Trade Council
Mr. Graham Hughes	Elliott Pearce Ltd.
Mr. Tim Gorin	Ferryfast Produce Ltd.
Mr. Ahmed Suleiman	General Traffic Ltd.
Mr. David N. Allen	Glaxo Holdings plc
Mr. Robin Waldon	Glengarnock Garments Ltd.
Mr. Paul Suchet	Glenmore (Glasgow) Ltd.
Mr. Ian Hendric	HSBC Holdings plc
Mr. Alan Twist	ICI plc
Mr. Leslie Stern	Institute of Export
Mr. John Anthony	Institute of Export
Mr. Michael Jump	International Distributor Centre
Mr. Wyndham Carver	International Distillers and Vintners Ltd.
Mr. Jonathan Moore	Jardine Matheson and Co., Ltd.
Mr. James Lawday	John Laing International Ltd.
Mr. Peter Nightingale	John Swires and Sons Ltd.
Mr. Alan Fullarton	Johnson Matthey plc
Mr. Elfan Jones	Lanimer Knitwear Ltd.
Mr. Robert Bruce	LATAG
Mr. Paul Eadie	LATAG
Mr. Julian Amey	LATAG
Mr. David Cleary	LATAG
Mr. Nick Williams	LATAG
Mr. Graffin Parke	Mackie International Ltd.
Mr. David Markham	Midland Bank plc
Mr. Ian MacIntyre	Morlands (Glastonbury) Ltd.
Mr. Robin Forrest	Morrison Construction Group Ltd.
Mr. Tony Ellam	Nat West Markets
Mr. Robert Smith	Nat West Markets
Mr. George Caravias	National Westminister Bank plc
Mr. David Chambers	Ocean Group plc
Mr. Nick Khosla	Ove Arup and Partners
Mr. David Walker	P and L Suswin Ltd.
Mr. Alan Palmer	Palmer Edwards and Partners Ltd.
Mr. Peter Bacon	Philips Electronics UK Ltd.
Mr. Michael George	Pirellie Cables Ltd.
Mr. Peter Smith	Reuters Ltd.
Mr. Tim Allpress	Rolls-Royce Power Engineering plc
Mr. Richard Morley	Rover Group Ltd.
Dr. Irena Edwards	RZB Austria
Mr. Paul Ridley	SmithKline Beecham
Mr. Peter Wood	Society of Motor Manufacturers
Mr. Frank McKenna	Standard Chartered Bank
Mr. John Ledger	Standard Chartered Bank
Mr. Alex Pratt	Sunalex Ltd.
Mr. Peter Hughes	Texaco Ltd.
Mr. David Cadwallader	The Boots Company plc
Mr. Anthony Burckhardt	The West India Committee
Mr. John Quinlan	Thorburn Colquhoun
Mr. Richard Wyn-Jones	Tom Youngs Knitwear Ltd.
Mr. John Fordyce	UBAF Bank Ltd.
Miss Jouce Irwin	Ulster Bank Ltd.
Mr. Andrew Wimshurst	Unilever Export International Ltd.
Mr. Michael Blandford	Unilever International
Mr. Mark Hawthorn	Unipart International
Mr. Christopher Brooks	Vickers plc
Mr. Russ Taylor	Vickers plc
Mr. Christopher Kemp	Vickers plc
Mr. Ken Farnes	W S Atkins
Mr. Roger McGlynn	W S Atkins Consultants Ltd.
Mr. John Woodcock	Weybourne Financial Services Ltd.
Mr. John Phipps	York Synthetics Ltd.
Mr. Stuart Shields	Zeneca Agrochemicals
Dr. Linda Boize	Zeneca Agrochemicals

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Table 2: Secondees into the Department as part of the continuing programme of interchange with the private sector

Name	Company
Mr. Arthur McQuillan	Amec Proces and Energy Ltd.
Mr. Paul Butcher	Amoco (UK) Exploration Company
Mr. Rodney Atkinson	Anglian Water Services Ltd.
Mr. Rupert Harris	Baker Tilly
Mr. Sean Higgins	Baker Tilly
Ms Rosy Telford	BDO Binder Hamlyn
Mr. David Watson	BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd.
Mr. Geoff Livesley	British Nuclear Fuels plc
Mr. John Eldridge	British Nuclear Fuels plc
Ms Anne Harris	Chantrey Vellacott
Mr. Geoffrey Cook	Chesterton International plc
Mr. Ross Dyer	CIBA Agriculture
Mr. Robert Meens	Coopers and Lybrand
Mrs. Anne Rosen	Coopers and Lybrand
Mr. Robin Wormald	Coopers and Lybrand
Mr. Roger Leadbeater	Coopers and Lybrand
Mr. Michael Painter	CT Bowring and Company Ltd.
Miss Jean Quinney	Ernst and Young Services Ltd.
Ms Emma Cotton	Ernst and Young
Ms Anna Blackburn	Ernst and Young Services Ltd.
Mr. John Turner	Ford of Europe
Mr. George Berrie	General Accident Fire and Life Corp.
Mr. Brendan Barnes	Glaxo plc
Dr. Roger Newman	Glaxo Wellcome plc
Mrs. Phyllis Harvey	Grant Thornton
Ms Liesel Hemmingfield	Grant Thornton
Mr. Andrew Smith	Grant Thornton
Mr. Stuart Parfitt	Grant Thornton
Mr. Les Owen	Honda
Mr. Robert Simpson	Huntings Engineering Ltd.
Mr. Charles Hughes	ICL
Mr. Stan Melrose	IMI Refiners Ltd.
Mr. Stewart Wright	Kidsons Impey
Mr. Trevor Lacey	Lockstair Ltd.
Miss Caroline Lucey	Marks and Spencer plc
Mr. Christopher Lee	Matra Marconi Space UK Ltd.
Mr. Anthony Dunnett	Midland Bank plc
Mr. Michael Hodges	Morgan Grenfell and Co. Ltd.
Dr. Nick Veck	National Remote Sensing Centre Ltd.
Mr. Arthur David	Nissan
Mr. Stephen Upton	Nortel Ltd.
Mr. Simon Daniel	Pannell Kerr Forster
Miss Nanette Rigg	Polygram UK Ltd.
Mr. Richard Kent	Price Waterhouse
Ms Beth Rees	Price Waterhouse
Mr. Stephen Noon	Price Waterhouse
Miss Elaine Lydon	Robson Rhodes
Mr. Tom Girn	Robson Rhodes
Mr. Paul Davies	Rolls-Royce Commercial Aero Engines
Mr. Andrew Hooper	Rolls-Royce and Associates
Mr. Keith Jordan	Rover Group Ltd.
Ms Valerie Cumming	Royal Doulton
Mr. Bruce Coleman	Shell UK Exploration and Production Ltd.
Mr. Ian Palmer-Lewis	Shell UK Ltd., Downstream Oil
Ms Frances Barr	Slaughter and May
Mr. David Wilson	The Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd.
Mr. Steve Goringe	Touche Ross and Co.
Mr. David Blackbrough	Toyota
Mr. Andrew R. Slessor	Trafalgar John Brown Oil and Gas
Dr. Peter Poulton	UKAEA
Mr. Richard Bartholomew	Unilever
Ms Louise Ruane	Wilson Silver Altman
Mr. Stephen Duncan	Wood Group Engineering Contractors

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