§ Mr. BiffenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the relative public expenditure on economic development as between England and Wales over the past 10 years; to what extent this has resulted in a convergence between the two economies; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LamontA territorial analysis of public expenditure is published as appendix E in the statistical supplement to the autumn statement 1991. Information on territorial gross domestic product is published in an article on regional accounts in the November 1991 issue ofEconomic Trends.