§ Mr. Ron BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the respective balances of payments between Britain and its European Community partners during 1989; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Norman LamontInformation on the balance of payments with the European Community is available on an annual basis in the CSO Pink Book. The latest available data are in section 10—pages 6 to 71—of the 1990 edition which is available in the Library. Information on visible trade, on an overseas trade statistics basis, between Britain and individual member states is published in the monthly review of external trade statistics which may also be accessed in the Library.