§ 60. Mr. David Howellasked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what estimate he will now make about the growth of output per man during the next 12 months; and to what extent the National Plan is still a part of his economic strategy.
§ Mr. George BrownThe National Plan remains the basis of the Government's economic strategy. The 25 per cent. growth target set out in the Plan applies to the whole period from 1964 to 1970. It has always been recognised that the rate of growth of productivity would vary from year to year, but the Plan envisaged that it would increase over the period to 1970.