HC Deb 05 July 1932 vol 268 c230
30. Mr. DINGLE FOOT

asked the Secretary for Mines what is the annual expenditure by his Department on stationery and printing; and whether he is satisfied that all reasonable economies are being made in this direction?

Mr. ISAAC FOOT

For the current year the expenditure is estimated at £6,000. My hon. Friend will find that the information is published annually in Appendix B to the Estimates of His Majesty's Stationery Office. Every effort is made by my Department in consultation with the Stationery Office to effect all reasonable economies.

Mr. DINGLE FOOT

Is my hon. Friend aware that the words "Cromwell House" have been printed at the head of his Department's notepaper, and is not this quite unnecessary and a gross waste of public money?

Mr. ISAAC FOOT

It is true that the words have been restored to the paper of the Department, but there is no expense on public funds, and, if there had been, I think it would have been an expenditure amply justified.

Mr. DINGLE FOOT

Will my hon. Friend give the House an assurance that he has not surreptitiously made away with some of the old notepaper for the satisfaction of using the new?

Mr. O'CONNOR

May I ask whether the agreement to differ has now extended to the family?