HC Deb 25 November 1909 vol 13 c391

Sub-section (4): The Treasury shall cause an account to be prepared and transmitted to the Comptroller and Auditor-General for examination, on or before the thirtieth day of September in every year, showing the receipts into and issues out of the Development Fund in the financial year ended on the thirty-first day of March preceding, and the Comptroller and Auditor-General shall certify and report upon the same, and such account and report shall be laid before the House of Commons by the Treasury on or before the thirty-first day of January in the following year if Parliament be then sitting, and. if not sitting, then within one week after Parliament shall be next assembled.

Lords Amendment: In Sub-section (4), leave out the words "House of Commons" ["laid before the House of Commons"], and insert instead thereof the word "Parliament."