§ Sir William Clarkasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will break down the gross interest charged for the year 1985–86 in the sum of £17 billion, differentiating between index-linked stocks and others.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe forecast of public sector gross debt interest payments in 1985–86 was revised up from £17 billion in Cmnd. 9428 to £18½ billion in the 1985–86 FSBR (table 6.5). Table 2.15 of Cmnd. 9428 showed an estimate of £1.2 billion for the servicing of indexed securities: this estimate remains unchanged.