§ 35. Mr. David Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will assign specific cost reduction programmes to all Government Departments; and whether he will publish periodic reviews of progress with these programmes.
§ Mr. DiamondNo: the way to secure more efficiency is rather to make use of the full range of techniques available to modern management.
§ 50. Mr. David Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what specific gains in productivity have been achieved in Government Departments following the recent Conference on Productivity.
§ Mr. DiamondEfforts to improve efficiency in Government Departments, to 37W get better value for money and to improve productivity, are continuous and are not specially related to the Conference on Productivity.
§ 62. Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what further progress he has made towards establishing United Kingdom Government Departments, research establishments or adjuncts of either in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. DiamondNone, having regard to the difficulty of finding a unit of work suitable for transferring to Northern Ireland.