§ Sir C. Osborneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the estimated annual income from British overseas investments and their estimated market value, the total sterling balances held in London, and the annual interest being paid on them.
§ Mr. Harold LeverEstimates of interest, profits and dividends received in 1966 on British overseas investments, and estimates of the market value of portfolio assets and the book value of direct investments at the end of 1966, are published in the 1967 Pink Book on the United Kingdom balance of payments: estimates for 1967 will be published in the 1968 Pink Book in September. Quarterly figures for external sterling liabilities are published in "Economic Trends"; the interest charge on these net liabilities has been running at about £150 million a year.