HC Deb 21 July 1964 vol 699 cc44-5W
47. Mr. Lubbock

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will ask the National Economic Development Council to consider the implications of 5 per cent. and 6 per cent. rates of economic growth in addition to its work on a 4 per cent. rate, so that Parliament can assess the policies and priorities needed on each of these assumptions.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

No. The Council decided that 4 per cent. should be the basis of the preliminary inquiry, the Director General being free to explore variations without being committed to specific figures.