§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each relevant financial year since 1970–71, all cash flows between the Exchequer and (a) British Aerospace, together with the costs of acquisition, (b) Cable and Wireless, (c) British Airways, (d) British Transport Docks Board and (e) National Freight Company separately distinguishing dividends, interest payments, subscription of public dividend capital, grants for social purposes and grants made retrospectively to cover operating losses, including capital write-offs, expressing the amounts both in current and in 1980 survey prices.
§ Mr. BrittanI regret that the information requested cannot be provided without disproportionate expenditure of time and resources.