Exchange Rates

Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing for each of the principal exporting countries, Canada and Sweden the change in the effective exchange rate for each quarter since the Smithsonian agreement, on a trade-weighted basis, in the form of an index, or otherwise.

Mr. Lawson
The figures are as follows: ----------------
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|1971          |
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|Fourth quarter|
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