§ Mr. Proctorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a schedule of statistics, in these columns, for each month during the period from April 1970 to the present, of the following (a) the growth of the money supply in current and deposit bank accounts (M2), (b) new currency and coinage minted, and (c) the percentage that (b) represents of (a).
§ Mr. LawsonGrowth in (a) the money supply—£M3—and (b) notes and coin in circulation with the public, together with (b) as a percentage of (a), has been as follows:
§ Mr. Peter ReesI regret that an answer for groups of earners could not be given without a disproportionate expenditure of time and resources. For groups receiving incomes of all kinds the most complete estimates will be found in an article entitled "The distribution of income in the United Kingdom 1976/77" published inEconomic Trends for February 1979.—No. 304. pp. 88–91.