§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what authority he gave for details of his proposed immediate cut of £500 million in public expenditure to be made available to the press before his statement on 7 July, Official Report, c. 418.
§ Mr. LawsonNeither I nor any other Treasury Minister or senior official was responsible for the premature release of this information. Its disclosure, which I deplore, was wholly unauthorised.