Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 8 March 1939.
Mr Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
, Edinburgh East
asked the Chancellor of the exchequer whether he has any statement to make as to proposals for assisting to maintain the stability of the sterling value of the Chinese dollar?
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.
