Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)

I have a question for the Minister, Deputy Chambers. He published the medium-term framework less than two weeks ago, which was subject to some considerable criticism - validly in my own opinion - because it did not contain, as we might have expected, departmental expenditure ceilings for the next period. Can I assume the next medium-term plan the Minister is obliged to publish will be published on budget day and that plan will include expenditure ceilings on a multi-annual basis for individual Departments?