§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table for each of the eight largest exporting countries showing for each year from 1948 to 1978 and for each quarter from the end of 1971 the change in (a) the effective exchange rate on a trade weighted basis, (b) the export price of manufactures in dollars, (c) the share of world trade in manufactures, (d) the terms of trade for manufactures, (e) the wholesale price of manufactures, less foodstuffs, and so on, (f) retail/consumer prices, excluding foodstuffs and (g) the increase in the money supply.
§ Sir Geoffrey Howeasked I regret that this question cannot be answered without disproportionate cost. A range of statistics for recent years relevant to the question is published monthly in the IMF's International Financial Statistics and the Department of Trade's Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics.