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Balance Of Payments (Non-Oil Deficit)

Volume 891: debated on Thursday 1 May 1975

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can estimate what is the size of the non-oil deficit on the balance of payments for the first quarter of 1975.

Excluding trade in petroleum and petroleum products, the current account was in surplus by an estimated £470 million, seasonally adjusted, in the first quarter of 1975.