G20 Summit

Part of Royal Assent – in the House of Commons at 5:00 pm on 2 April 2009.

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Photo of Alistair Darling Alistair Darling The Chancellor of the Exchequer 5:00, 2 April 2009

I am grateful to my hon. Friend; he is right to say that we have an opportunity to capitalise on our exports. We produce very good quality exports and it is therefore important that we have markets in which to sell them. For example, one of the reasons we support Germany putting money into its economy is that we sell goods into Germany. We also sell goods into developing countries. When people ask why we are concerned about what is going on in these other economies, the answer is quite simple. It is because our exports, and therefore our jobs, depend on them.