§ Mr. Craven-Ellisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will inform the House what were the dollar amounts spent by this country for war purposes in the U.S.A. from the outbreak of war up to the effective application of the Lend-Lease Act, 1941; and if there is any possibility of a retroactive working of Lend-Lease or its equivalent.
§ Sir J. AndersonAs stated in the second paragraph of the Report on Mutual Aid published in November, 1943 (Cmd. 6483), we had, up to that date, spent some £1,500,000,000 in the United States since the outbreak of war on supplies of all kinds. The greater part of this expenditure was incurred in connection with contracts placed before the application of the Lend-Lease Act. As regards the last part of the Question I have nothing to add to the statement made by the Prime Minister on 30th November last.