§ MR. PURVIS (Peterborough)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total of Exchequer Bills outstanding at the present time.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI think, as I said yesterday† in answer to the
† See page 1179.1375 hon. Member for North Manchester, that statements relating to the Unfunded Debt which are issued at different dates cause great inconvenience and are apt to mislead. I will therefore ask the hon. Member to await the delivery of the Budget Statement. If the details I then give respecting the National Debt are insufficient, I shall be happy to supplement them.