HC Deb 03 December 1957 vol 579 cc38-9W
Mr. Kershaw

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now make a statement on the expenditure of the Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The scheme of exgratia loans announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on 15th July has considerably increased the expenditure of the Board. The scheme is expected to cost between£4½million and£5 million in all, of which some£3½million—£4 million is expected to fall for payment by 31st March, 1958. The moneys already provided for the Board do not cover expenditure of this order and the necessary further Supplementary Estimate will be presented to the House in due course. In the meantime, payments by the Board are

Date Occasion Denominations
1924–25 British Empire Exhibition … 1d., 1½d. stamps; 1d. stamped postcards; and 1½d. letter-cards and envelopes.
1929 Postal Union Congress … ½d., 1d., 1½d., 2½d.,£1.
1935 King George V Jubilee … ½d., 1d., 1½d., 2½d.
1937 King George VI Coronation … 1½d.
1940 Penny Post Centenary … ½d., 1d., 1½d., 2d., 2½d., 3d.
1946 Peace … 2½d., 3d.
1948 King George VI Silver Wedding … 2½d.,£1.
1948 Channel Islands Liberation … 1d., 2½d.
1948 Olympic Games … 2½d., 3d., 6d., 1s. 0d.
1949 U.P.U. 75th Anniversary … 2½d., 3d., 6d., 1s. 0d.
1951 Festival of Britain … 2½d., 4d.
1953 Queen Elizabeth 11 Coronation … 2½d., 4d., 1s. 3d.,1s. 6d.; 6d. Air letter form.
1957 World Scout Jubilee Jamboree … 2½d., 4d., 1s. 3d.
1957 46th Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference … 4d.; 6d. overprinted Air letter form.

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