§ Mr. Higginsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will specify the existing Government programmes, in constant prices, against which the Government expenditure cuts, including the £400 million already announced, are to be measured; and what pay and price adjustments are expected in them due to general factors and devaluation, respectively.
§ Mr. Diamond:I would refer the hon. Member to the table published yesterday 649W in the White Paper "Public Expenditure in 1968–69 and 1969–70". The figures n the Table are expressed in 1967 prices; it is not customary to publish any forecast of pay and price adjustments which may effect the estimates of public expenditure in future years.