Mr. T. WILSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that for the last two or three years the staffs employed by the banking firms in this country have had a holiday on Easter Saturday; and whether he can make arrangement for Easter Saturday to become a permanent bank holiday?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe hon. Member is mistaken. There was a banking holiday on Easter Saturday last year, but not in 1918. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative.