HC Deb 11 March 1937 vol 321 cc1336-7
65. Mr. Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, owing to the financial strain of the rearmament programme, the Government intend to curtail the amount of money originally intended to be spent on road building during the next five years?

Mr. Chamberlain

This question and similar matters have not escaped my attention, but I am not now able to add anything to the general observations which I made during the Debates on the Defence Loans Bill on the effects of the rearmament programme on the general economy of the country.

Mr. Thorne

Does that mean that the right hon. Gentleman is going to take some more money from the Road Fund?