§ Mr. Formanasked 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, projections of total public sector debt interest, the capital expenditure of the nationalised industries and total public expenditure, as defined in Command Paper No. 6393; and whether he will also publish estimates of total public expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product—in each financial year covered by the public expenditure White Paper—using the old definitions used for Command Paper No. 6393.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettAs the hon. Member will have seen, the first volume of "The Government's Expenditure Plans" (Cmnd 6721) published today includes projections of total public sector debt interest as well as of debt interest payments leading to increased taxation or 765W further borrowing; and the second volume will show projections of the capital expenditure of nationalised industries. The White Paper also includes comparisons with Cmnd 6393, so far as they can validly be made.
§ Mr. Formanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he will publish a revaluation of the two final columns of Table 2B of Command Paper No. 5519 to 1976 survey prices;
(2) whether he will publish a revaluation of Tables 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 in Command Paper No. 6393 to 1976 survey prices.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.