Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 16 December 1947.
Mr Frederick Erroll
, Altrincham and Sale
12:00,
16 December 1947
asked the Chancellor of the exchequer how many passengers passing through the ports of Southamp- ton, Dover, Harwich and Liverpool, have been interrogated by Customs officers during the last three months; and how many passengers have been completely stripped and searched.
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.
