Oral Answers to Questions — Wembley Stadium. – in the House of Commons at on 2 May 1923.
Sir Edwin Stockton
, Manchester Exchange
asked the Chancellor of the exchequer whether he intends to appoint any further Committees to inquire into the pay of other public servants who are not dealt with by the Anderson Committee; and, if so, whether he can make any statement on the subject?
Major Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter
, Bradford North
The reference to the Anderson Committee embraces all State servants. If, as I assume, the hon. Member has in mind the cases of the teachers or the police, I would suggest that his question would be more appropriately addressed to my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Education or my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
The chancellor of the exchequer is the government's chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising government revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling overall government spending.
The chancellor's plans for the economy are delivered to the House of Commons every year in the Budget speech.
The chancellor is the most senior figure at the Treasury, even though the prime minister holds an additional title of 'First Lord of the Treasury'. He normally resides at Number 11 Downing Street.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
