§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the deficit on manufactured trade for the first 11 months of 1983.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 31 January 1984, c. 165]: On a balance of payments basis, 310W manufactured trade was in deficit in the first 11 months of 1982 by £2.1 billion. This was offset by a large surplus on non-manufactures and invisibles, so that the current account as a whole was in surplus by £1.3 billion over this period.