§ 34. Mr. Marquandasked the Minister of Labour when he proposes to present to Parliament the full findings of the Household Expenditure Inquiry, 1953–54.
§ Mr. MarquandIs the hon. Gentleman not aware that his right hon. Friend said on 13th March last that he proposed to publish towards the end of the year the pattern of expenditure of the groups excluded from the cost-of-living survey? Is this not an unconscionable long time to take in publishing these facts? Is the hon. Gentleman not aware that everybody concerned with the welfare of 2 million and more people living on National Assistance want to have the facts? Are the Government delaying because they do not want the country to know what the facts are?
§ Mr. CarrI can reassure the right hon. Gentleman on the last point in his supplementary question. It is true that we are falling behind our original hoped-for schedule, but we want to publish these results in detail. It is proving longer to tabulate the information than we had hoped would be the case. We are getting on with it.