HC Deb 14 May 1918 vol 106 cc207-8W
Captain GUINNESS

asked the President of the Local Government Board whether he can give the latest figures of the municipal debt in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland?

Mr. HAYES FISHER

I regret that I cannot give my hon. and gallant Friend any later figures than those which I gave him in reply to a similar question last year, when I informed him that the total amount of the outstanding loans of the councils of cities and boroughs in England and Wales, including the City of London and other Metropolitan boroughs, was it 31st March, 1915, £281,390,000. For the figures for Scotland and Ireland I must refer him to the Scottish and Irish Departments.