§ Mr. Sproatasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total cost to public funds each year, respectively, for the next 20 years, of (a) retirement pensions and (b) index linked pensions in the public sector, on the basis of normal life expectancy, of the same number of persons employed in the public sector, and of an annual inflation rate of, respectively, 2½ per cent., 5 per cent., 7½ per cent. and 10 per cent.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThis question could only be answered at the cost of disproportionate time and effort.