HC Deb 28 March 1979 vol 965 cc233-4W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Putney (Mr. Jenkins) Official Report, 15 March, c. 278, he will publish comparable figures for other major Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Governments to show the changing composition of public expenditure by function during various years since 1945.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.