MR. MITCHELL (Lancashire, Burnley)To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the aggregate amount of British capital invested in countries outside the United Kingdom, and the annual amount of income tax derived from such investments.
(Answered by Mr. Ritchie.) I am unable to say what is the amount of British capital invested outside the United Kingdom. The profits from such investments, on which income tax is received, amount, so far as they can be identified, to rather more than £60,000,000 per annum.