§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average daily sum of foreign indebtedness incurred by Her Majesty's Government between 26th July, 1945 and 25th October, 1951, and between 16th October, 1964 and 30th November, 1967 and still outstanding.
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§ Mr. Roy Jenkins:Information on Government borrowings and repayments from 1946 is available in published statistics of the balance of payments.
The dates of new foreign loans incurred by Her Majesty's Government and the value of foreign loans outstanding at 31st October, 1967 were given in an Answer by my hon. Friend, the Financial Secretary to a Question by the hon. Member for Louth (Sir C. Osborne) on 23rd November. The effects of devaluation on the amounts of loans and credit liabilities outstanding were given by my predecessor in an Answer to a Question from the hon. Member for Norfolk, South (Mr. J. E. B. Hill) on 27th November; there were no loan repayments during November.—[Vol. 754, c.415–6; Vol. 755, c. 22–4.]