§ 35. Mr. St. John-Stevasasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates he has made of the percentage changes that are likely to take place in Government expenditure, private capital investment, and public consumption, respectively, in the coming financial year.
§ Mr. CallaghanOn Government expenditure I must ask the hon. Member to await the publication of the 1967–68 Vote on Account. On private capital investment, the latest Board of Trade inquiry shows a prospective fall of 7–8 per cent. in 1967 compared with 1966.