HC Deb 08 April 1986 vol 95 cc96-7W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect he expects the recent fall in oil prices to have on the United Kingdom's prospects for output, jobs, inflation and the balance of payments relative to those in other major industrial countries.

Mr. MacGregor

My right hon. Friend's forecast for economic prospects to mid-1987, for the United Kingdom and the world, was set out in chapter 3 of the Financial Statement and Budget Report, published on Budget day, March 18.