Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 April 1948.
Sir John Crowder
, Finchley
12:00,
22 April 1948
Does the answer mean that the Order will be cancelled? That is all we want to know. There have been a lot of complaints, because the Chancellor in his Budget speech said that the tax would be reduced, and, in fact, it has been increased.
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.
