§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the interest paid in 1978 on central Government debt held outside the central Government sector, expressed as a proportion of gross national product.
§ Mr. Joel Barnett:Figures for payments of central Government interest for 1978 are not yet available. In the first three quarters of 1978, the figure requested was around 3½ per cent.