§ 36. Mr. Blackasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will institute a new intensive national campaign to increase investments in National Savings, in view of the financial burdens involved in rearmament.
§ Mr. GaitskellI am considering this Question in consultation with the National Savings Committee.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterWill the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind that the greatest difficulty facing the National Savings movement at the moment is the advocacy by his hon. Friends of a capital levy?
§ Mr. OsborneIs the Minister not aware that the best way to assist the National Savings movement would be by repayment up to the cost of living index, so that the savers would not be robbed of their savings by inflation?
§ Brigadier MedlicottIn publishing the total amount of savings, is it not rather misleading to include the interest on old money saved, and would it not be better to revert to the former practice of giving as the savings of the week only the new money put by?
§ Mr. GaitskellThat is a different question.