Bank Rate Increase (Tribunal of Inquiry) (Hansard, 19 December 1957)

HC Deb 19 December 1957 vol 580 cc591-2 591

§ 21. Mr. Hamilton
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated cost to date of the Tribunal inquiring into the alleged Bank Rate leak.

§ Mr. Powell
About £5,000.

§ Mr. Hamilton
Can the Minister inform the House whether any estimate has been made of the ultimate cost, and would he agree with hon. Members on this side of the House that, whatever that might be, it has been very well worth while?

§ Mr. Shinwell
May I ask the Minister whether, in the event of it being discovered that some members of the Government were at fault, they will be surcharged for this expenditure?

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Hon. Members
Answer.

§ Mr. Speaker
Order. That question is quite hypothetical. Mr. Hamilton.