§ Mr. Proctorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his reply of 27 January, if he will quantify the amount of outstanding Government guaranteed debt to Poland; and how many officials, and at what level, were engaged in the negotiations concerned.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneThe principal amount outstanding of Government guaranteed Polish debts is £690 million. This includes £100 million of debt rescheduled in 1981. Two or three officials, led by an under-secretary, have usually represented Her Majesty's Governmeni at negotiations with other Western creditor countries about Poland's Government-guaranteed debt.