§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each of the European monetary system currencies, the dollar, the yen and the European currency unit the highest and lowest rates of exchange against the pound sterling in the current year and in 1983, and 1984, respectively, together with the current rate.
§ Mr. Ian StewartMonthly highs and lows for the pound sterling can be derived from tables 13.1 and 13.3 in the March edition of the CSO publicationFinancial Statistics. Recent sterling exchanges rates are as follows:
Rates against sterling March 1985 (monthly averages) 24 April 1985 (closing rates) Deutschemark 3.7013 3.8198 French franc 11.31 11.66 Italian lira 2336.0 2437.2 Netherlands guilder 4.1836 4.3190 Danish hone 13.23 13.57 Belgian franc 74.39 76.95 Irish punt 1.1877 1.2192 US dollar 1.1226 1.2235 Japenese yen 289.75 307.28 European Currency Unit 1.6596 1.7094 Investigation of highs and lows using daily data could not be undertaken except at excessive cost.