§ Mr. CLOUGHasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can specify in round figures the amounts of increased national expenditure to which any unofficial proposals or reforms now before the House would, if accepted, commit the nation; and what steps is he taking to impress on those with social panaceas the need, at this juncture, for moderation and restraint in asking for State support?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI do not think it would be practicable to give even an approximate estimate of the cost of the varied proposals of the kind that my hon. Friend has in mind, which are from time to time made. He will recognise that the Government are always in the in- 1053W vidious position of opposing and discouraging proposals for which, in themselves, there might be much to be said if monetary considerations did not render them impracticable, and they welcome the evidence given by my hon. Friend's question of a desire on the part of hon. Members to support them in this attitude.