§ 53. Sir Waldron Smithersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cost of printing and of paper falling on His Majesty's Stationery Office for all the activities of the Central Office of Information described in their first annual report, Command Paper No. 7567.
§ Mr. JayDuring 1947–48 the expenditure on paper was £97,934 and for printing £178,964; a large sum can be off-set against this, however, for receipts from sale of publications.
§ Sir W. SmithersIs the Minister aware that this large expenditure is on merely Socialist propaganda, and will he stop using the taxpayers' money for the propagation of Socialist policy?
§ Mr. JayNo, Sir: in the opinion of impartial observers, this expenditure, judged by results, is very worth while.