§ Sir J. HARMOOD-BANNERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can take any steps to ear-mark and devote the extra wages now being ordered by the Munitions and other Government Departments to war savings instead of the expenditure on extra consumption of food, which reduces the stock of wheat, potatoes, and meat in this country?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI do not think that any compulsory scheme for requiring a portion of increased wages to be devoted to saving would be practicable. It is, however, for the reasons given in the question, of the highest national importance that everyone, whether in receipt of increased wages or not, should reduce his expenditure as much as possible, and I trust that the 'efforts which are being made to promote such saving, both through the National War Savings Committee and otherwise, and which have already attained a considerable measure of success, will be further reinforced during the next few months.