§ Mr. Cordleasked the Postmaster-General if he will now decide to issue a special stamp next year to commemorate 585W the 25th anniversary of D Day, in view of the contribution the D Day operations made to the cause of freedom.
§ Mr. StonehouseNo. The stamp programme for 1969 which I have already announced is an extremely full one and I am sorry that we are unable to include all the worthy subjects that are suggested.
1966–67 £ 1967–68 £ Board of Trade … … … … 208,901 231,894 Central Office of Information … … … … 178,604 153,127 County Courts … … … … 169,098 204,520 Customs and Excise … … … … 327,443 392,358 Diplomatic Service Administration … … … … 124,010 131,533 Home Office … … … … 124,232 186,062 Inland Revenue … … … … 4,141,478 4,082,141 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … … … 504,603 385,649 Ministry of Defence … … … … 1,547,380 1,514,197 Department of Health and Social Security … … … … 3,723,585 4,632,783 Ministry of Health, Northern Ireland … … … … 143,554 174,658 Department of Employment and Productivity … … … … 736,105 989,629 Ministry of Public Building and Works … … … … 422,346 265,617 Ministry of Technology … … … … 205,220 167,029 Ministry of Transport … … … … 338,428 339,875 Stationery Office … … … … 499,681 541,170 Savings Department … … … … 1,191,371 1,165,624 Home Office (General Election) … … … … 662,192 — Treasury (General Election) … … … … 372,924 — *Other Departments … … … … 1,452,807 1,406,699 TOTAL … … … … 17,073,962 16,964,565 Note: * There are more than 100 Departments none paid more than £100,000 a year.