Oral Answers to Questions — Public Expenditure

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Rhagfyr 1973.

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Photo of Mr Roy Jenkins Mr Roy Jenkins , Birmingham Stechford 12:00, 4 Rhagfyr 1973

May I ask the Prime Minister, arising out of his answer to an earlier question about the planning of public expenditure, whether the Government deliberately planned for a public sector deficit amounting to about £4,000 million in the belief that it would assist the health and balance of the economy?