§ 45. Mr. Biffenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he now proposes to take to improve company liquidity in the light of the evidence in the November issue of Financial Statistics showing that the total identified liquid assets of United Kingdom industrial and commercial companies had declined by £77 million between the end of June, 1968, and the end of June, 1969.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI do not necessarily accept that some decline in company liquidity from the end of June, 1968, level is undesirable. But I shall continue to keep the whole position under review.