§ Mr. MacArthurasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has now made of the cost of the selective employment tax in the Highland counties during the current year and in a full financial year, respectively; and what proportion will be repaid by way of repayments and premiums.
§ Mr. RossI regret it is not practicable to provide such an estimate for any particular area.
UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTS* £ million 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 India … … 130.9 168.7 176.5 161.2 172.2 151.3 Pakistan … 36.5 32.6 34.4 29.0 34.3 39.8 Ceylon … … 21.7 25.9 25.7 28.0 31.7 29.0 Malaysia … … 40.0 44.5 42.1 38.8 35.9 41.2 Singapore† … … 38.1 41.6 39.6 35.8 31.3 33.8 Hong Kong … 26.9 34.2 37.6 31.8 36.7 41.3 Gambia … … 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.3 Sierra Leone … 9.5 11.5 11.6 10.6 9.2 10.1 Ghana … … 39.1 38.8 38.0 34.6 41.7 45.1 Nigeria … … 57.3 62.1 58.2 65.9 72.3 80.4 Zambia ‡ … 53.6 58.4 60.2 52.2 49.3 47.1 Malawi … Rhodesia … Tanzania … … 17.3 15.0 12.5 11.2 10.2 9.7 Kenya … … 38.1 36.0 31.3 27.2 28.9 31.4 Uganda … … 10.1 8.2 7.1 6.3 5.0 5.0 Canada … … 141.1 178.1 195.7 188.6 208.2 215.1 Australia … … 284.4 239.2 235.5 235.9 223.9 260.4 New Zealand … 139.2 126.9 140.0 128.1 97.9 120.9 184W
£ million 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Jan.-Sept. 1966 India … … 153.1 117.9 138.2 128.9 114.1 70.3 Pakistan … … 43.6 43.0 42.0 44.2 50.4 37.6 Ceylon … … 26.7 24.8 23.0 19.9 18.9 17.9 Malaysia … … 44.4 49.8 47.7 84.2 92.2 36.6 Singapore† … … 37.4 34.8 37.8 — — 29.2 Hong Kong … 45.8 48.6 55.0 57.8 65.0 45.7 Gambia … … 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.6 2.2 1.7 Sierra Leone … 13.1 11.0 11.1 12.8 10.3 6.9 Ghana … … 49.5 36.6 38.7 33.6 40.7 19.1 Nigeria … … 74.2 63.3 65.4 70.8 72.6 49.1 Zambia ‡ … 47.3 41.4 40.6 40.6 15.1 18.8 Malawi … 3.5 4.5 Rhodesia … 31.5 2.2 Tanzania … … 11.1 10.1 10.6 9.9 11.0 10.6 Kenya … … 28.9 29.6 30.2 32.9 34.3 28.3 Uganda … … 5.0 4.5 4.9 5.6 7.5 6.4 Canada … … 222.6 188.9 173.4 187.7 200.5 155.8 Australia … … 201.9 229.2 236.6 256.8 280.3 186.4 New Zealand … 124.1 107.2 115.2 117.4 124.9 94.1 *All figures include trade in diamonds and other precious and semi-precious stones. † In 1964–65 Singapore was included in Malaysia; separate figures are not available. ‡Formerly the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; figures for individual countries are not available prior to 1965.