§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which commodities of importance to the United Kingdom economy are priced in terms of dollars; and what weight they have in the cost structure of the United Kingdom economy.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe last available survey relates to 1979, and was published inBritish Business on 13 February 1981, page 318. This suggested that between one quarter and one third of United Kingdom imports of goods were invoiced in dollars in 1979. A reliable estimate of the weight of these goods in the cost structure of the United Kingdom economy is not available.