§ 30. Mr. DINGLE FOOTasked 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 FOOTFor 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 FOOTIs 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 FOOTIt 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 FOOTWill 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'CONNORMay I ask whether the agreement to differ has now extended to the family?