HC Deb 27 February 1951 vol 484 cc278-9W
104. Mr. Osborne

asked the Minister of Supply why he continued a subsidy on steel-making in addition to those which the House of Commons was informed would be continued after 31st March, 1949; and what answer has been sent to the Comptroller and Auditor General on this matter.

Mr. J. Freeman

The losses on the three agency factories, to which I presume the hon. Member refers, were not deemed to be on the same footing as the subsidies about which my right hon. Friend spoke to the House on 31st March, 1949, and they were excluded from his statement. The second part of the Question refers, I presume, to the Comptroller and Auditor General's request to the Treasury for their views on this matter. This is a question for the Treasury.