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Oral Answers to Questions — Liquor Traffic, United States.

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 16 June 1924.

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Photo of Mr Ramsay Macdonald Mr Ramsay Macdonald , Aberavon

That is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the exchequer.

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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.

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