HC Deb 28 March 1979 vol 965 cc188-9W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Lord President of the Council if he will list die total number of hours devoted to debates on the Floor of the House in each Session since March 1974 under the following headings (a) all Budgets and mini-Budgets introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (b) the public expenditure White Paper, (c) Supply day debates on matters for which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was responsible and (d) all other debates for which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was responsible.

Mr. Foot

I regret that some of the information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the remainder is as follows:

Finance Bill, both on the Floor of the House and in Standing Committee in every Session since March 1974.

Mr. Foot

The information is as follows:

Agency; and how much this represents per head of registered unemployed.

Mr John Morris

From the time it was set up on 1 January 1976 until 31 March 1979 the Welsh Development Agency's cumulative expenditure will be just under £74 million. There is no meaningful relationship between this sum and the number of registered unemployed in Wales in March 1979 which was 88,452.