HC Deb 12 November 1929 vol 231 c1756W
Mr. WILLIAM BROWN

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of capital exported from this country in each of the years 1921 to 1927, inclusive?

Mr. SNOWDEN

The best estimates of the export of capital are those derived from the annual calculations of the balance of trade made by the Board of Trade, particulars of which are being given by the President of the Board of Trade in answer to another question. The excess of exports, visible and in visible, over imports may be assumed to be the net amount applied to the increase of external investment.