§ 34. Sir C. Osborneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he allowed consumer spending in the first quarter of 1968 to exceed £6,000 million, in view of the fact that this contravened his general policy; and what new steps he proposes to check this expenditure, which included £376 million for tobacco and £339 million for alcoholic drink.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI explained my strategy for the economy, including con-40W sumers' expenditure, in 1968 in my Budget Speech, to which I have nothing to add at present.—[Vol. 761, c. 251–302.]