HC Deb 28 April 1925 vol 183 cc34-110
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER(Mr. Churchill)

Those prophets who incautiously declared that the late Chancellor of the Exchequer had made an unwarrantable Budget and who predicted a heavy deficit at the end of the financial year have been rebuked by the event. The realised surplus of 23,659,000 corresponds with remarkable accuracy to the Budget forecast of 24,024,000, and although within this total there are considerable variations which show that the right hon. Gentleman has been fortunate as well as far sighted, the final and general result may justly be laid to the credit of the careful and scrupulous finance by which his administration of the Treasury was distinguished. The paper, which I believe is called the Blue Paper, although it is rather a colourless document, which hon. Members have in their hands, gives the details of last year's finance. I cannot afford the time to dwell on them at any length. Everything is found within the Limits of the Paper.

    cc34-50
  1. REVENUE, 1924-25. 203 words
  2. c50
  3. EXPENDITURE, 1924-25. 106 words
  4. cc50-2
  5. DEBT REDEMPTION. 777 words
  6. cc52-8
  7. RETURN TO GOLD STANDARD. 2,205 words
  8. cc58-60
  9. EXPENDITURE, 1925-26. 787 words
  10. cc60-4
  11. REVENUE, 1925-26. 1,634 words
  12. cc64-5
  13. INCREASED ESTATE DUTY. 504 words
  14. cc65-7
  15. SILK (REVENUE DUTY). 629 words
  16. cc67-8
  17. HOPS (IMPORT DUTY). 505 words
  18. cc68-70
  19. MCKENNA DUTIES (RE-IMPOSITION). 773 words
  20. cc70-1
  21. MINOR LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS. 178 words
  22. cc71-83
  23. WIDOWS AND OLD AGE PENSIONS. 4,909 words
  24. cc83-4
  25. IMPERIAL PREFERENCE. 459 words
  26. cc84-5
  27. DIRECT TAXATION. 282 words
  28. cc85-6
  29. SUPER-TAX. 649 words
  30. cc86-9
  31. INCOME TAX. 1,164 words
  32. cc89-108
  33. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE. 7,687 words
  34. c108
  35. CONTINUATION OF ADDITIONAL MEDICINE DUTIES (EXCISE). 90 words
  36. cc108-9
  37. NEW IMPORT DUTIES. 76 words
  38. c109
  39. SILK (CUSTOMS). 244 words
  40. cc109-10
  41. SILK (EXCISE). 82 words
  42. c110
  43. HOPS AND BEER. 153 words