MR. PHILIPPSI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that in each of the last three years a balance of money voted by Parliament for secret service has been unexpended, he would state the amount, if any, of the Vote for secret service that remains unexpended during the present financial year.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.It would not be possible, without 922 calling for accounts from the various Departments concerned, to state exactly how much of the total Vote for the current year remains unspent at the present time. But I anticipate that, at the end of the year, there will be only a nominal balance to be surrendered.