§ 74. Mr. Marquandasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total nominal value, at the latest date for which the information is available, of fixed-interest-bearing securities in iron 123W and steel undertakings held by the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency; and what proportion of that total constitutes liabilities of companies whose equity capital is still vested in the Agency.
Mr. AmoryDefining "securities" as in the Iron and Steel Act, 1953, £161.4 million and about 2 per cent. If unsecured loans are included, £185.6 million and about 5.9 per cent.