Britain’s Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Michael Fallon has told the House of Commons that there will be no British business representative at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka.
“Chairman of the Prime Minister's Trade Envoys, Lord Marland will be in Sri Lanka in November 2013 on the invitation of the Commonwealth Business Council….but there will be no UK business representation at the meeting,” he told parliament.
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