§ 74. Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the net burden imposed on the balance of payments by British support for international commodity price agreements covering commodities im- 70W ported into the United Kingdom in excess of £10 million per annum.
§ Mr. Harold LeverA useful estimate cannot be made, mainly because it is impossible to assess what would happen to free market prices in the absence of the agreements in question.