§ 61. Mr. BLACKasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how many points the cost of living figure will be lowered by reason of the reductions in taxation made by the Budget?
§ Mr. SNOWDENI would refer the hon. Member to the answer given on the 6th May to the hon. Member for Kingston-on-Thames, of which I am sending him a copy.
§ Mr. LUMLEYCan the right hon. Gentleman say the number of workers whose wages have been affected by the drop in the cost of living?
§ Mr. SNOWDENThat does not come within the province of my Department.
§ Sir H. CROFTMay we take it from the previous answer of the right hon. Gentleman that the difference in the average working class household in this country, due to the reduction of the duties on tea and sugar, is about 1½ per day?
§ Mr. SNOWDENI do not understand the hon. and gallant Member's point. A saving of 1½d. a day would be more than £2 a year, which is a larger figure than the hon. and gallant Member stated in Debate last week.