Mr. R. Duckworthasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what subsidies are paid by His Majesty's Government for nonfood but essential articles, excluding munitions of war.
§ Sir J. AndersonThe main subject of subsidies paid outside the range of items indicated in the answer given on 2nd February to my hon. and gallant Friend, the Member for Wycombe (Sir A. Knox), is the stabilisation of civilian clothing prices. It is estimated that the cost of subsidising the price of raw materials going into such clothing is about £5,000,000 to £6,000,000. In addition there is a subsidy of about £2,000,000 towards additional war-time costs incurred on the transport of coal.