§ Mr. Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures showing, for each of the years from 1951 until the latest convenient stated date, the additional cost per annum to the nation which has resulted from the Government increasing the Bank Rate; and whether in such tables he will show the estimated increase on each occasion when the Bank Rate was increased.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Louth (Mr. Osborne) on 24th January.