§ Mr. Holtasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will publish statistics on consumer expenditure intentions with particular reference to durable goods, as is the practice of the Government of the United States of America.
§ Mr. ErrollMy Department keeps under review the experience of these statistics in the United States of America, but I am not yet convinced that, in the circumstances of this country, similar satistics would provide a guide to the trend of consumers' expenditure which would be sufficiently reliable and trustworthy to justify the cost of collection.