§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish on the same basis as table 4 in the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1978–79 a variant with weaker trade performance.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe variant in table 4 of the Financial Statement and Budget Report illustrated, in a broad way, some of the possible implications of better trading results. A similar variant, to illustrate a weaker trading performance, could be constructed by reversing the signs on the differences between the main forecast and the variant in Table 4.