§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in view of the published criticism of the EDC for building at the failure of Her Majesty's Government to publish details of publicly financed construction programmes, he will now provide this information.
§ Mr. CroslandThe Government intend to publish the usual White Paper on public expenditure later in the year. I am actively considering the question of what information can be published in the future about individual public sector construction programmes and shall discuss this further with the industry as soon as possible.