§ 71. Mr. LAMBERTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when it is intended to take action to make the railway and the coal industries self-supporting and thus relieve the taxpayer from the necessity of providing £100,000,000 per annum in the case of the railways and £46,600,000 per annum in the case of coal?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe Government is giving the most earnest consideration to this question, and is making every endeavour to find the best method of obtaining this most desirable result.
§ Mr. LAMBERTHow is it possible for the National finances to remain stable with these enormous subsidies being paid to the railway and coal industries 1
§ Mr. BALDWINThat is the problem.