HC Deb 26 February 1973 vol 851 c264W
Miss Quennell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the rise and fall in the money supply (M1 and M3) over the past 10 years in the United Kingdom, compared with similar figures for other comparable countries available to him from international sources, over the same period.

Mr. Nott

The International Monetary Fund compiles figures of the money stock in its member countries which are broadly comparable to the narrow definition (Ml) adopted in the United Kingdom. The table below gives figures taken from this source for a number of major industrialised countries. Comparable international figures to the broad definition of money in the United Kingdom (M3) are not available.

positions on public boards and committees during each of the last five years.

Mr. Nott

The information is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost to public funds.