Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies. – in the House of Commons at on 31 January 1940.
Mr. De la Bère:
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he can now give particulars of the salaries to be paid by the Ministry to officials on the Pigs and Bacon Marketing Boards who are being transferred from those boards to positions in the bacon and ham branch in the Ministry of Food?
The Chancellor - also known as "Chancellor of the Exchequer" is responsible as a Minister for the treasury, and for the country's economy. For Example, the Chancellor set taxes and tax rates. The Chancellor is the only MP allowed to drink Alcohol in the House of Commons; s/he is permitted an alcoholic drink while delivering the budget.
