§ Mr. Jannerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will call for a report from all Departments of Government as to the extent to which their expenditure can be reduced owing to the recent substantial falls in the cost of a wide range of imported materials; and if he will give a summary of what prospective reductions have already been reported to him.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftDepartments are required to seek all possible economies; it would not be practicable to distinguish those which are due to changes in import prices.