§ 13. Mr. Swinglerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a White Paper setting out in detail the current rate of aid annually from public sources to private industry and agriculture in the forms of grants, subsidies, state-guaranteed loans, and research, respectively.
§ Sir E. BoyleNo, Sir. But I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a note of the estimated amounts for the current financial year.
§ Mr. SwinglerThat is not quite the point. Is the Minister aware that in the House we are getting, in dribs and drabs, this information about the amount of public assistance, as it was described by the noble Lords yesterday, given to privately-owned industry and agriculture? Could we not have, for the benefit of hon. Members on both sides of the House, an analysis showing exactly how much is being paid and what responsibility the Government have undertaken, 555 in all the respects set out in the Question, to privately-owned industry and agriculture, showing the extent of State support to privately-owned industry and agriculture?
| EXPENDITURE ON SUBSIDIES, GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE. GOVERNMENT AID TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE | ||||||||
| 1959–60 £ MILLION | ||||||||
| — | Subsidies | Capital grants | Loans | Guarantees | Research | |||
| Agriculture and Fisheries | … | 263 | 5 | 6 | nil | n.a. | ||
| Industry | … | … | … | 1 | 5 | 14 | nil | n.a. |