§ Mr. MITCHESONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a return showing on a comparable basis the total expenditure on revenue account out of public funds, both local and national, for each of the last 10 financial years, with an estimate for the present year and including in past years expenditure met by loan which is now met out of revenue.
Mr. CHAMBERLAINpursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 14th June, 1934; col. 1886, Vol. 290] supplies the following figures as now available:—