§ 51. Mr. WATTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any recent statistics showing what Scotland has subscribed in War Savings Certificates; will he say how it compares per head with the subscription of England and Wales; and can he give any reason why Scotland should compare unfavourably, seeing that a larger proportion of her population are receiving War wages, and that the people there have a disposition for saving?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI am glad to say that it is not the case that the sales of War Savings Certificates in Scotland now compare unfavourably with sales in England and Wales. For the first six months of this year sales in Scotland, according to the best computation that can be made, averaged 27s. 3d. per head of population, compared with 27s. 6d. per head in England and Wales.