§ 23. Mr. Tinnasked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what plans he has to use input-output analysis in his Department's planning techniques.
§ Mr. George BrownWe are already doing this, using the facilities of the Central Statistical Office and of the Department of Applied Economics at Cambridge.
§ Mr. TinnIs my right hon. Friend aware how welcome that reply is, for which I thank him? Will he undertake to keep a close watch on development along these lines in America and Russia and the research work being done at Cambridge?
§ Mr. BrownYes. I do not want to hide from the House the fact that there is room for enormous improvement on our past practice in the provision of statistics, and we are looking at that matter now.