HC Deb 12 May 1953 vol 515 cc1046-7
37. Mr. Remnant

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will arrange to have the annual accounts of each new town available, separately, for sale to the public.

Mr. H. Macmillan

I am examining the possibility of doing this in respect of the reports and accounts for the year just ended.

Mr. Remnant

Does my right hon. Friend agree that it would add to the interest taken in the accounts of new towns if the inhabitants did not have to pay 9s. for a booklet of which no more than 10 per cent. is of any interest to them?

Mr. Macmillan

I have never been responsible for the publishing operations of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, and I am not jealous of them.