§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table comparing the annual percentage increases in national spending on food, alcohol, gambling, electrical goods, cars and motor cycles in each of the years 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973.
§ Mr. StrangThe figures requested can be calculated directly from Table 24 of the HMSO publication "National Income and Expenditure 1963–73" and are as follows: