§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will publish a detailed forecast of the foreign currency requirements of each nationalised industry for which he has departmental responsibility, for the years 1977 and 1978, specifying the exact purpose for which any amount in excess of £1 million sterling equivalent is required and indicating what proportion of these funds is to be financed out of current income and loans raised overseas, respectively.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThese requirements are commercial matters within the responsibility of the corporations concerned. The foreign exchange transactions of the corporations are subject to exchange control regulations.