HC Deb 19 July 1922 vol 156 cc2079-80
73. Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will submit to the House a statement showing under various heads how he arrives at the approximate estimate of between £700,000 and £750,000 as being the amount by which he hopes that the public charges will be reduced in a normal year if and when the Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill reaches the Statute Book?

Sir J. BAIRD

It is hoped that the following savings may eventually be effected, but, as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has previously stated, these estimates are necessarily highly conjectural:

  • Under Clauses 2 and 22 (1), from £500,000 to £625,000.
  • Under Clauses 19 and 25, from £15.000 to £23,000.
  • Under Clause 20, from £35,000 to £45,000.
  • Under Clauses 23 and 27, about £3,500.
  • Under Clause 7 (if passed in its present-form), about £9,000.

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

Has any estimate been made of what will be saved under Clause 1, and can the hon. Baronet say when the Committee stage of this important Bill will be reached?

Sir J. BAIRD

I am afraid I could not answer that question without notice.