HC Deb 05 May 1932 vol 265 c1272
39. Mr. JOEL

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the aggregate annual debt reduction effected in the last four years?

Major ELLIOT

The net reduction in the nominal deadweight debt over the period, after allowing for the Budget deficits in the years 1929 and 1930, and all other adverse factors, was approximately £107,000,000.