§ 6. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture what are the new Treasury conditions attached to the Grant to the Agricultural Organisation Society for 1913–14?
§ Mr. HERBERT LEWISThe conditions attached to the Grant for 1913–14 are: (1) that more than one-third of sums received by the society during the current year by way of donation or special contribution shall be regarded as subscription income for the purpose of calculating the amount of the Grant from the Development Fund; that the Grant equal to the subscription income shall not in any case exceed £3,000; (2) that except with the consent of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries the society's expenditure shall not substantially depart from the estimate furnished by the society, and, in particular, that not more than £500 be expended for the travelling and subsistence expenses of the governors. It is left to the board of governors to decide within that limit on what scale and conditions such expenses shall be refunded; and (3) that the society shall not enter upon new schemes or extensions of work (even though their initial expense can be defrayed from the income for the current year) which will commit it to an increase of expenditure beyond £12,000 in future years.
§ 7. Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether, and to what extent, if at all, it will be left to the Agricultural Organisation Society to initiate, develop, and control the agricultural co-operative credit and insurance movement in England and Wales or whether, alternatively, the society will be expected to carry out the instructions of The Board in relation to such matters?
§ Mr. HERBERT LEWISMy right hon. Friend has asked me to say that it is impossible in answer to a Parliamentary question to define the functions of the Agricultural Organisation Society and the relations between that society and the 1679 Board. But he proposes to deal fully with the subject in the Debate on the Board's Vote on Thursday.