§ Mr. Boydenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the net gain in foreign exchange of the £234 million worth of contracts gained by British building and civil engineering firms in the year ended March 1969.
§ Mr. TaverneNo estimate is possible. But the net overseas earnings of British civil engineering and building contractors are currently running at around £35 million a year. These earnings relate to contracts lower in value than the £234 million of new contracts gained in 1968–69.