Oral Answers to Questions — Military Training. – in the House of Commons at on 5 June 1939.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood
, Newcastle-under-Lyme
asked the Chancellor of the exchequer whether, in view of their persecution and economic ruin, the 120,000 Jews in what was Slovakia and is now in Hungary may now be classed as Czech refugees and taken care of by the British-Czech Refugee Organisation on the same lines as the original refugees from Sudetenland?
Captain Harry Crookshank
, Gainsborough
There are still a large number of refugees from the Sudetenland to be dealt with, and I fear that I can hold out no hopes of the balance of the £4,000,000 fund being available for the purpose suggested in the question.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood
, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Apart from the chance of a share in the £4,000,000, would it be possible for the organisation here which has looked after the Czech refugees so well to be empowered also to deal with those from Slovakia?
Captain Harry Crookshank
, Gainsborough
That is a matter of organisation with regard to which I cannot answer.
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.
