HC Deb 19 October 1950 vol 478 c2228
53. Mr. Enroll

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the Crown's Nominee Account was presented in dummy on 3rd April, when the full accounts were only available on 20th June.

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Douglas Jay)

It has been customary to lay the Crown's Nominee Account in dummy as an earnest of the intention to present the full accounts as soon as they are printed. The date of such presentation must depend on the volume and relative urgency of other demands for printing.

Mr. Erroll

But could not a little more urgency be put into this matter of the Crown's Nominee Account in future?

Mr. Jay

Yes, but in this case the dummy was presented before we were legally compelled to do it.