§ 8. Miss Quennellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many computers are available to his Department; and in which departments they are in use.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe departments of Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue each operate one computer, and so does the Stationery Office.
§ Miss QuennellIs my right hon. Friend aware that he could have given me more precise answers to my Questions both last year and now if he had had a computer?
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterEven a computer is no good for indulging in the mathematical equivalent of nuclear fission.