§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Wareing), of 7 July,Official Report, columns 268–70, if he will publish a table on a similar basis, showing the share of tax accounted for by rates, community charge and council tax as a separate item and distinguishing between taxes on income and taxes on capital.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information requested, set out in terms of the national accounts classification of taxes, is shown in the table.
owed to the Export Credits Guarantee Department and the Overseas Development Administration by developing countries is derived from defence-related contracts.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeNone of the outstanding debt owed to the Overseas Development Administration by developing countries relates to defence-related contracts. I regret that the information requested for the Exports Credits Guarantee Department is not readily available and could be collected only at a disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what commitments were made by the Government of Japan at the Naples economic summit of 8 to 10 July to achieve the full implementation of the Trinidad terms for indebted developing countries; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeJapan and our other G7 colleagues signed the summit communiqué encouraging 265W the Paris Club to offer additional concessions on debt relief for the poorest and most indebted countries facing special difficulties.