HC Deb 10 April 1930 vol 237 cc2388-9W
Mr. DAY

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of interest and dividend received by the Government on its holding of shares and debentures in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date; and the total amount received by the Government from the date of the Government's first investment in the company in 1914?

Mr. PETHICK - LAWRENCE

The amount of interest and dividend received is shown each year in the Finance Accounts (see page 24) of House of Commons Paper 1 of 1929). The total amount received to 31st March, 1929, was £6,616,129.