HC Deb 28 January 1988 vol 126 cc365-6W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has about the total holdings of Third world debt by United Kingdom clearing banks.

Mr. Lilley

The clearing banks identify their exposure to a number of developed and developing countries in their published reports and accounts. The latest such information was published last July by the main United Kingdom clearing bank groups in their 1987 interim results.