§ Mr. Soamesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about Her Majesty's Government's plans for expenditure (a) on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) on its associated public bodies for the years 1986–87 and 1987–88.
§ Mr. EggarI refer my hon. Friend to the statement made in the House by my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 12 November at column 431. Further details of expenditure plans will be published in the Public Expenditure White Paper in January and thereafter in the Supply Estimates.