§ Mr. Bakerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a quarterly index of gross domestic product (output) at 1975 prices, from which output of North Sea oil and gas has been subtracted, from 1973 onwards; and what weighting is given to gas production, at 1975 prices.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe information requested is not yet available. Work is in hand on rebasing the national accounts of the United Kingdom on 1975, and it is proposed to publish the rebased estimates in the autumn of this year.