HC Deb 20 May 1969 vol 784 cc46-7W
40. Mr. Emery

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that consumer expenditure is increasing beyond his Budget forecast; and what steps he now proposes to take.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

No. On the preliminary evidence, consumers' expenditure in the first quarter of the year was broadly in line with my forecast for the first half of the year as published in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1969–70".