HC Deb 05 December 1967 vol 755 c264W
Mr. Higgins

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the long-term external indebtedness of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, showing the dates of the various loans, the sterling value when borrowed, the changes in the sterling value as a result of the devaluations of 1949 and 1967, and the amounts outstanding at 25th October, 1951, 15th October, 1964 and the latest available date after the last devaluation.

Mr. Harold Lever

The table below summarises the long-term external indebtedness of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom as at 20th November, 1967.

greatly changed in the meanwhile; and whether he will study the case sent to him by the hon. Member for Lowestoft.

Mr. Harold Lever

No. But the Inland Revenue pay regard to the taxpayer's circumstances in asking for payment, as they have done in the case referred to.