§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his reply dated 2 December, Official Report, c. 130, to the hon. Member for Grimsby, whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of investigations in hand and the number started in each of the five years to 1980 and this year to date to detect such overseas tax evasion and the number of cases in which help has been requested from contracting parties.
§ Mr. Ridley[pursuant to his reply, 9 December 1981, c. 408]: I regret that the information requested cannot be supplied except at disproportionate cost.