§ Mr. Barnettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount of direct investment in the sterling area in 1967 up to the latest date for which the information is available.
§ Mr. MacDermotA reliable area breakdown is not yet available. However, total United Kingdom direct investment overseas in the first quarter of 1967* is estimated to have been £65 million and, following the recent pattern, about 60 per cent. of this total was probably invested in the Overseas Sterling Area.
* Including unremitted profits, excluding oil