HC Deb 14 March 1929 vol 226 c1267
48. Mr. BATEY

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the chief items of cost upon which he based his estimate that the general strike and the coal lock-out of 1920 cost the Government £80,000,000?

Mr. SAMUEL

I would refer the hon. Member to the Budget Speech of 1927. The figure of £80,000,000 referred to includes the expenditure on the coal subsidy.