§ Sir P. Hurdasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the heavy burdens thrown upon the community by the emergency expenditure on defence and also of the great increase in educational expenditure in rates and taxes in recent years, the Treasury has set a limit and, if so, what limit to the new expenditure under the five-year programme of the Board of Education?
§ Sir J. SimonThis question seems to be put under some misapprehension as no occasion for Treasury action has arisen. The Ministry of Health under Circular 1687 has invited local authorities to submit five-year programmes of capital expenditure, and the aspect of this matter as affecting education was dealt with by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education in his answer to my hon. Friend on 7th July.