§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what adjustment falls to be made to his forecast of a 1 per cent. increase in public sector expenditure during the current year to take account of the Agricultural Price Review and the forthcoming increase in pensions.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsAccount was taken of both the cost of the 1969 Agricultural Price Review and the forthcoming increase in pensions in the public sector tables given in Part II of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1969–70" (H.C.211). As is stated in the Introduction to those tables the estimates of public expenditure in the tables imply an increase within the target figure of 1 per cent. at constant prices.