§ 34. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the relative priorities of civil and defence expenditure in consideration of reductions in public spending.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI have nothing to add to the statement about public expenditure priorities in the White Paper on Public Expenditure (Cmnd. 6393) as modified by my right hon. Friend's statement about 1977–78 on 22nd July.