§ 69. Sir F. Bennettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the basis of the net surplus or deficit achieved in the 1969–70 balance of payments from the beginning of April, 1969 to the present date on the most recently published figures, what average monthly surplus will have to be earned over the coming months to achieve an annual surplus of £300 million and £500 million, respectively, by the end of March, 1970.
§ Mr. TaverneThe latest published balance of payments showed a surplus of £100 million for the first quarter of the financial year. The balance of payments figures for the second quarter of the financial year will be published in a few weeks' time.
§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he will publish figures showing the deficits on the balance of payments and the 145W means of financing them for each of the years 1965 to 1968, respectively, on the same basis as Table 7 in the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1969–70;
(2) whether, in the light of adjustments to the balance of payments figures for the years 1964 to 1968, he will publish a table showing the total deficit on the balance of payments to be financed, and the means of financing it, for the years 1964 to 1968 along the lines of Table 7, Financing of United Kingdom Deficit 1964 to 1968, of the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1969–70;
(3) whether he will publish figures showing the total deficit on the balance of payments for 1964 to be financed, and the means of financing it, on the same basis as Table 7 in the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1969–70.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsNot now. But I will keep the hon. Member's suggestion in mind as I review the different ways in which balance of payments data are presented in the regular publications.