HC Deb 24 June 1947 vol 439 cc208-9
60. Wing-Commander Hulbert

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total cost of the Government's "Work or Want" poster campaign up to the last convenient date.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

About £42,000 to date.

Wing-Commander Hulbert

Does the right hon. Gentleman think that he is getting value for money in this expenditure?

Mr. Glenvil Hall

Yes, Sir. The Government always see that they get value for money.

Mr. Godfrey Nicholson

Can the right hon. Gentleman say what beneficial results can be got by appealing to the citizens of London to hew more coal?

Mr. Warbey

Is my right hon. Friend aware that this poster has been universally condemned in industrial areas and will he say how soon it will be withdrawn?

Mr. Glenvil Hall

This expenditure is not confined to the poster which I think my hon. Friend has in mind. It is the whole campaign to which the Question was directed, and I was answering that.

Lieut.-Commander Braithwaite

Will the right hon. Gentleman make arrangements for this and similar posters to remain on the. hoardings until the General Election?