§ Mr. Nottasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report, on the same date as the publication of the Public Expenditure White Paper, a table showing the contingency reserve in money terms as well as the demand on resources to 1979–80.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettIn the Public Expenditure White Paper published today as Command 6393 the contingency reserve is shown in money terms. The use of demand terms in Command 5879 was exceptional, in a year when there was "an unusually large difference, potentially, between the demand content of some of the likely developments of policy in the next few years and their cost in money". Decisions have now been taken on most of these developments.