§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the overseas borrowings of the nationalised industries for which he is responsible in each of the last 10 years, together with the value of their exports and the value of their imports of capital goods and services.
§ Mr. MulleyOverseas borrowings were as follows:
British Railways Board National Freight Corporation £m. £m. 1965–70 Nil Nil 1971 20 Nil 1972 8 Nil 1973 4 1.2 1974 Nil 5.5 Estimated values of exports by the British Railways Board were as follows:
£ millions 1965–69 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 nil 0.6 2.8 3.3 1.0 4.4 The other figures requested are not readily available.