Enforcement Officers (Cost) (Hansard, 19 February 1951)

HC Deb 19 February 1951 vol 484 c875 875

§ 22. Sir W. Smithers
asked the Minister of Food the total annual cost in expenses of the 581 enforcement officers employed by his Department.

§ Mr. Webb
About £73,500.

§ Sir W. Smithers
When will the Government realise that they must either abandon their disastrous policy or assume a dictatorship? That is the only outcome.

§ Mr. Webb
While we have to maintain rationing policies, we must have proper enforcement.

§ Sir W. Smithers
Snooping.

§ Mr. Mikardo
Can my right hon. Friend say what is the cost of the officers of his Department who are involved in investigating transactions that exist only in the imagination of the hon. Member for Orpington (Sir W. Smithers)?