§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, respectively, the total of public expenditure expected for 1976–77 and for 1977–78, together with what he expects the gross national product to be for each year.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettExpenditure on programmes this year should be within the estimate, including the contingency reserve, published in Cmnd. 6393, and expenditure next year will be held within the reduced total which was announced on 22nd July. The latest estimates of gross national product, up to the second quarter of this year, were issued in the CSO Press notice of 8th October 1976.