§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list in the Official Report the change in the exchange rate from January 1970 to the most recent convenient date between the £ sterling and the major currencies mentioned in his reply of 5th April [Official Report, columns 83–6), including the percentage devaluation or revaluation as appropriate in each case.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe information is as follows:
the actual number and publish these details in the Official Report.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI would refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to him on 28th July and to the hon. Member for Beckenham (Mr. Goodhart) on 7th July [Vol. 916, c.303; Vol. 914, c. 598]. The collection of information about wives and dependants would be disproportionately costly.