HC Deb 25 November 1985 vol 87 cc466-7W
Mr. Pawsey

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy that statistical information on public expenditure should be presented in written answers published in the Official Report in diagrammatic form, including graphs, bar graphs and pie charts in the same way as they are published in the public expenditure White Paper.

Mr. Brooke

The form of reporting inHansard is ultimately for the House to decide but, on grounds of cost and risk of delay to publication, I would not at present want to propose publishing written answers in diagrammatic form.