[Mr David Amess in the Chair] — Backbench Business — UK Trade and Investment

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 2:54 pm on 15 March 2012.

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Photo of Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Chair, Committee of Selection 2:54, 15 March 2012

The hon. Gentleman has hit on a vital point. Will he consider the scheme originated by Lord Heseltine to encourage more members of UKTI to go on secondments in industry, and vice versa? In fact, we should do more of that throughout the civil service, so that it has the ethos of trade within it.