HC Deb 14 March 1967 vol 743 cc49-51W
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his intention to agree to the foreign exchange across the exchanges on current account as a percentage of the gross domestic product for the average of the years 1935 to 1938, 1950 and 1965, respectively.

Mr. Diamond

The information is given in the following table:

Mr. MacDermot

The following table gives the prices of such publications and the price of their previous editions.

The standard scales on which the majority of the Stationery Office publications are priced have not been increased since April, 1966, when an increase averaging about 15 per cent, was made. Other price increases are due to increases in the number of pages and the incidence of steps in the pricing scales.

cost of British troops in Germany after the expiry of the current Anglo-German Agreement being offset in whole or in part by a German commitment to hold United Kingdom Government securities in its reserves.

Mr. Callaghan

Short-term borrowing abroad is no substitute for the elimination of these foreign exchange costs which remains the Government's objective.

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