§ MR. CAVENDISH ( Derbyshire, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he will give particulars of the items composing the grant of £12,659 (Commissions not specifically provided for by Class VII., 1 L), in view of the fact that this sum represents an increase of £5,659 over the sum voted in 1905–6.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO TREASURY (Mr. MCKENNA,) Monmouthshire, N.The Subhead, as the right hon. Gentleman is aware, is a margin on the Vote to provide for expenditure which either cannot be foreseen or for which an estimate in detail cannot be framed at the time when the Estimates are closed; and beyond certain small remanets from expiring Commissions, which it is useful to include in it, the Subhead does not represent particular items. The increase is due to the Estimate for the current year having proved insufficient by the amount of the Supplementary Estimate of £36,000 recently voted. Provision will be required for the Commission on Sea Erosion; the Estimate of £4,000 for the Canal Commission is an uncertain one; and further provision, to an extent which it has not yet been possible to determine, will be required for the Poor Law Commission.