§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a recalculation of table 1 of Cmnd. Paper No. 7439 in terms of current prices.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettFigures equivalent to lines 1-7 of table 1 for the years 1973-74 to 1977-78 are in table 5.3 of Cmnd. 7439. Figures of net overseas and market borrowing of nationalised industries—excluding short term borrowing—at out-turn prices are in the table below. I do not propose to publish projections of public expenditure at current prices.
NET OVERSEAS AND MARKET BORROWING BY NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES £ million at outturn prices 1973–74 … … 710 1974–75 … … 630 1975–76 … … 560 1976–77 … … 1,250 1977–78 … … 460