§ Mr. Adleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what have been the foreign currency earnings from tourism for the last five years; and what are the comparable figures for the following industries: steel, cars, chemicals, coal and shipbuilding.
FOREIGN CURRENCY EARNINGS (GROSS) £ million Travel Iron and steel products Road motor vehicles Chemicals Coal Ships and boats 1971 … … 486 403 988 884 22 65 1972 … … 546 376 915 962 17 114 1973 … … 681 433 1,100 1,272 27 124 1974 … … 837 553 1,305 2,144 64 127 1975 … … 1,114 683 1,737 2,179 84 215 1976— First quarter 317 167 512 683 17 33 Second quarter 365 207 561 738 16 57