Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 28 Hydref 1947.
As the hon. Gentleman will have noticed, the major part of this expenditure has not been in respect of what he has referred to, but in respect of visits to the Empire by two Ministers which I think served a very valuable purpose. There were visits to Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon and India by the present Lord Privy Seal who was then holding the Office of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, and visits related to aviation development to Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Siam and India by the Minister of Civil Aviation. That money was well spent in the interests of the Empire.