HC Deb 06 June 1856 vol 142 cc1151-2

Order for Committee read.

House in Committee.

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

said, he must beg to state in reference to this measure that in 1853 a number of charges then paid out of the gross revenue was transferred to the Votes in Supply, and certain hereditary pensions were bought up, and paid for out of the gross revenue. Four of these purchasable pensions still remained, but it was considered advisable to pay for them out of the gross revenue, and the object of the Bill he was about to bring in was to transfer the cost to the Consolidation Fund. Three of the pensions were for £1,000 a year each, and the other for £375 a year, and they would be all specifically referred to in the Bill.

House resumed. Resolved—"That it is expedient to redeem certain Annuities charged on Branches of the Gross Revenue, by payments out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Resolution to be reported on Monday next.

House adjourned at Two o'clock till Monday next.