§ Mr. Blakerasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what is his estimate of the total level of the external debt to the West of the COMECON countries; and how such a debt is composed;
(2) what is his estimate of COMECON indebtedness to Western countries at the end of 1975.
§ Mr. DellI have been asked to reply.
The figures available to Her Majesty's Government of the indebtedness to the West of the COMECON countries, many of which are confidential, are not comprehensive. An estimate of this debt is made in the Economic Survey of Europe published by the UN Economic Commission for Europe on 18th March.