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Public Sector Borrowing Requirement

Volume 975: debated on Tuesday 4 December 1979

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Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the latest estimate of the public sector borrowing requirement is attributable to central Government, local authorities and the nationalised industries, respectively.

Mr. Biffen

I refer the hon. Member to the paragraphs dealing with the PSBR in "Economic Prospects for 1980"attached to a Treasury press notice on 22 November—the Industry Act forecast.