§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis he arrived at the figures for public expenditure in commerce and industry for the years up to 1974–75, as contained in Table 1.1 of the White Paper on Public Expenditure 1969–70 to 1974–75, Command Paper No. 4578.
§ Mr. Maurice MacmillanThe basis of these figures is described in the White Paper, in particular on pages 19 to 24.
§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the estimated cut in public expenditure on commerce and industry from£1,446 million in 1969–70 to£974 million in 1974–75, as contained in Command Paper No. 4578 on Public Expenditure will be borne by Scotland.
§ Mr. Maurice MacmillanI assume that the hon. Member has in mind the figures for commerce and industry in Table 1.1 of Command 4578, which are£1,648 million for 1969–70 and£974 million for 1974–75, both at constant 1970 Survey prices. Figures of expenditure within the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland are contained in Table 2.22 of Cmnd. 4578. Forecasts of other expenditure are not available separately for Scotland.