asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will locate the Inland Revenue office for the repayment of post-war credits on Merseys, de, thereby assisting the unemployment situation in that area.

As my right hon. Friend said in his statement of 14th December, there is a good deal of planning and organisation to be done and it is not yet possible to say how much of the work will be concentrated in postwar credit repayment centres or where the centres will be located.