§ 27. Mr. David Marshallasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much public spending other than social security and loans to nationalised industries is currently below the plans of the Labour Government.
§ Mr. BrittanThe last White Paper of the Labour Government, Cmnd. 7439, was expressed in 1978 survey prices whereas public expenditure is now expressed in cash. Information is not available for a comparison at programme level but a comparison of planning totals will be published very shortly in the 1983 public expenditure White Paper.