§ Mr. Adleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has regarding the percentage change in the relevant national currency vis-a-vis the United States dollar as between 1 January 1979 and each subsequent 1 January to 1985 for each of the European Economic Community countries, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Norway, Sweden, India, Malaysia and Singapore.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe information requested is as follows:
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 up to 1 January 1985 Others Japan (Yen) -19.0 - 4.5 -11.7 -17.5 -16.1 -22.7 Australia (Dollar) - 3.8 + 2.3 - 2.1 -14.7 -21.8 -28.2 New Zealand (Dollar) - 7.7 -10.0 -22.9 -31.0 -39.0 -55.3 Switzerland (Franc) + 1.3 - 9.2 -10.0 -19.7 -25.8 -38.0 Austria (Schilling) + 7.2 - 4.1 -15.3 -20.3 -30.7 -39.7 Spain (Peseta) + 5.6 -11.9 -27.2 -44.3 -55.2 -59.7 Norway (Krone) + 1.4 - 3.2 -14.0 -29.3 -34.8 -45.0 Sweden (Krone) + 3.4 - 1.7 -22.3 -41.3 -46.4 -52.2 India (Rupee) - 0.1 + 2.6 -11.3 -16.6 -14.7 -35.1 Malaysia (Ringgit) + 0.9 - 0.9 - 2.0 - 4.2 - 5.9 -10.1 Singapore (Dollar) + 0.4 + 3.2 + 5.6 + 3.2 + 1.5 - 1.3 * In all cases, S/currency rates are used to calculate the percentage changes. † Or nearest available date.