§ 53. Major Beamishasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the 12s. 6d. a week which he estimates to be the additional outlay on a four-in-family budget if the subsidies on rationed food were abolished is a net figure and includes the relief to be expected from reduction in taxation and savings in administrative costs.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallNo. The form and amount of any consequential reduction of taxation are too hypothetical to be allowed for. The administrative costs of the subsidies, as distinct from those of rationing and bulk-purchasing, are relatively small.