63. Mr. De la Bèreasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the large number of Departmental regulations which do not form part of Parliamentary legislation and the confusion which exists in the minds of the public as to the category to which they belong, he will have set out for public information a list of such regulations as come under this category since the outbreak of the war?
§ The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Captain Crookshank)The hon. Member is presumably referring not to the Defence Regulations made under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, all of which are laid before Parliament, but to Departmental orders made under some of those Regulations. I would refer him to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Kennington (Mr. Wilmot) on 8th September last, which explained where complete lists of such orders may be obtained by the public. Copies of these lists and of the orders themselves will be found in the Library of this House.
Mr. De la BèreDoes not my right hon. Friend remember that the Chancellor of the Exchequer this very moment admitted taking action on these lines? Is he not further aware that many people 663 will think that Parliament is responsible because it is passing all these orders? I blame the Chancellor of the Exchequer. His shoulders are broad.