§ Mr. BAKERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the expenditure of public money on advertising national war savings certificates is accounted for in detail to the Treasury; whether certificates of such detailed expenditure are received by the Comptroller and Auditor-General; and whether he will reconsider the necessity of spending many thousands of pounds annually on calling attention to the existence of national war savings certificates?
§ Mr. SNOWDENThe total annual expenditure on advertising National Savings Certificates is approved by the Treasury, and detailed accounts are rendered in the ordinary course, and are subject to the scrutiny of the Comptroller and Auditor-General. This expenditure is under constant review, and I do not think the present rate of expenditure disproportionate to the results achieved.