§ VISCOUNT THURSOasked Her Majesty's Government the value of the following visible and invisible exports during each of the years 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956:
(a) Aircraft and parts;
— 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 £ £ £ £ £ Aeroplanes and parts thereof (excluding engines and electrical parts and appliances) 35,271,167 42,275,545 31,402,998 39,654,386 71,759,067 Aeronautical instruments and apparatus 664,739 1,172,731 1,151,940 1,367,419 1,428,657 Electrical appliances for aero planes —* 1,934,289 2,084,749 2,259,902 2,682,209 Tyres (outer covers) for aircraft (exported separately) 522,515 422,041 610,666 648,293 687,821 (a) Total 36,458,421 45,804,606 35,250,353 43,930,000 76,557,754 (b) Aeroplane engines and parts thereof 8,723,272 20,336,943 20,859,521 22,277,022 27,902,808 * Not separately recorded. I regret that the information requested at (c) is not immediately available. I will write to the noble Lord as soon as it has been collected.
952WA(b) Aero engines and parts; including in both cases electrical parts and appliances, tyres and aeronautical instruments;
(c) Royalty payments for the manufacture of aircraft and aero-engines abroad.
§ LORD MANCROFTThe information as regards (a) and (b) is as follows:
House adjourned at eighteen minutes before eight o'clock.