§ Mr. A Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the percentage rise or fall in the costs of running each of the Departments of State since October, 1951, taking that date as 100.
§ Mr. GreenNo. For the reasons explained in my reply to the hon. Member on 23rd March, such comparisons would be expensive of time and effort, as well as misleading.