§ Mr. John Garrettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the percentage of gross national product devoted to public expenditure in Great Britain when calculated according to the accounting conventions used in: (a) Germany, (b) France, (c) the Netherlands, (d) Sweden and (e) the United States.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThis exercise, if it were possible, would require an excessive expenditure of official resources. I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer i gave to the hon. Member for Horsham and Crawley (Mr. Hordern) on 25th October 1976—[Vol. 918, c. 54–6]—which showed comparisons between a number of countries on a National Accounts basis.