HC Deb 11 June 1931 vol 253 c1190
45. Sir K. WOOD

asked the Prime Minister when a report from the Economy Committee will be available to Members of the House?

The PRIME MINISTER

I am not in a position to add anything to the reply I gave to the right hon. Gentleman on the 20th May last.

Sir K. WOOD

Can the Prime Minister state what progress the committee is making, and when he expects to be in a position to make a statement to the House?

59. Mr. McSHANE (for Mr. PERRY)

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of taxation per head of the population in respect of each of the following services: Army, Navy, Air Force, education, housing, public health, War pensions, interest on War debts, old age pensions, widows' and orphans' pensions and Civil Service administration?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Pethick-Lawrence)

If my hon. Friend will refer to House of Commons Paper 90 of 1931, pages 7 to 9, he will find a comprehensive analysis of public expenditure under the various heads alluded to. The most recent available estimate of the population of Great Britain, as at June, 1930, was 44,686,000.