HC Deb 02 February 1943 vol 386 c751
52. Mr. Mathers

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in presenting his next annual Budget and the usual Statements of Income and Expenditure, he will also furnish information regarding national assets so that his statements, taken as a whole, may more nearly represent a proper national balance-sheet?

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Kingsley Wood)

As I indicated during the Debate on the Vote of Credit on 26th January, I will consider this suggestion in connection with my next Budget, although the matter is not without its difficulties.

Mr. Mathers

Could not the right hon. Gentleman go a little further than that, in view of the nebulous nature of the statement he made?

Sir K. Wood

I think that I have gone some considerable way towards meeting the hon. Gentleman.

Mr. Thorne

Will the right hon. Gentleman consider the advisability of telling the country in his Budget Statement the national income during the war?

Sir K. Wood

I will certainly consider that.