§ Mr. Waddingtonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the total amounts of tax paid by companies in the textile industry in each of the years 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73 and 1973–74.
§ Mr. DellFigures of tax payments by companies in individual industries are not available. The corporation tax liabilities—so far as figures are available—of companies in the textile industry, in respect of accounting periods most nearly corresponding to the years of tax payment asked for, are estimated as follows:
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Accounting periods ending in the financial year £ million 1968–69 63 1969–70 47 1970–71 38 verted into pence per gallon—at current rates of exchange: