§ 13. Mr. SUTHERLANDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the list of charges transferred from local funds 1070 has been omitted from the Civil Service Estimates for 1914–15; and whether he will now circulate the same and state if any of the transferred charges are withdrawn by reason of the provisions of the Finance Bill?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEAs stated in paragraph 4 of the Memorandum at the beginning of the volume of Civil Service Estimates, the information contained in the table referred to has little direct bearing on the Estimates and does not appear to be of sufficient value to justify the labour involved in its compilation. My hon. Friend is no doubt aware that the table took no account either of Education Grants or of the various Local Taxation Grants charged on the Consolidated Fund. None of the transferred charges are withdrawn.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI must ask for notice of that question.
§ Mr. PIRIEThen I will ask another question. Was the knowledge that this list of charges transferred had been omitted from the Civil Service Estimates first brought to the notice of the right hon. Gentleman by the question of my hon. Friend?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThat is also a question of which I should like notice.