Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 February 1959.
Mr William Williams
, Manchester Openshaw
12:00,
24 February 1959
Has the Chancellor sympathetically noted what my hon. Friend 'has said, because of the importance of this matter in this new era?
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.
