§ Mr. David Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the public sector deficit, in each year from 1975–76 to 1979–80, implied by the projections of expenditure in the Public Expenditure White Paper on the assumption 78W that over the period (a) the share of public sector revenue in GDP is constant and (b) public sectors revenues change in line with current policies.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettNo specific figures of the public sector borrowing requirement are implied by the expenditure projections and the stated assumptions.