HC Deb 30 January 1951 vol 483 cc724-5
64. Mr. F. Longden

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will supply the sum totals of Marshall Aid as granted to Britain in every separate year from December, 1945, to December, 1950, as well as the sum totals of expenditure on our Armed Forces in the same separate years.

Mr. Gaitskell

For the first part of the Question I would refer my hon. Friend to the Balance of Payments White Paper (Cmd. 8065). E.R.P. Receipts for the calendar year 1950 amounted to 706 million U.S. dollars. With regard to the second part of the Question, this information is not available by calendar years. For figures on a financial year basis I would refer my hon. Friend to the Appropriation Accounts and Estimates.

Mr. Longden

Can my right hon. Friend say whether the figures to which he has referred bear out the statement by the American Senator Tydings that Marshall Aid is largely military expenditure?

Mr. Gaitskell

The hon. Member had better study the figures first; then perhaps he would draw his own conclusions.