§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent, and in which areas of expenditure, the social wage will fall in real terms in the current and each succeeding year until 1980 as a result of public expenditure cuts announced in the last two years.
§ Mr. Joel Barnett,pursuant to his reply—[Official Report, 16th January 1978; Vol. 942, c. 30.]—gave the following information:
No fall is expected in the social wage in real terms between now and 1980.