§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of corporation tax obtained from pharmaceutical companies in the United Kingdom in 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI regret that this information is not available, but total payments of corporation tax by companies in the industry group for chemicals, oil and allied trades—which includes pharmaceutical companies—in 1977–78, the latest available year, are provisionally estimated at £200 million.