§ 57. Captain W. BENNasked the Lord Privy Seal whether a Supplementary Estimate will be presented in connection with the insurance deficit; and, if so, when, and for what amount?
§ Sir M. BARLOWThere is at present no deficit on the Unemployment Fund, to which, I presume, the hon. and gallant Member refers. My right hon. Friend the Minister of Labour has already, on the 8th June, submitted to the House the measures proposed for meeting the deficit which is anticipated during the ensuing 12 months. The hon. and gallant Member should also see the Report by the Government Actuary on those proposals (Command Paper 1336), a copy of which I shall be happy to send him. So far as those measures may involve a charge on the Parliamentary Vote of the Ministry of Labour for the financial year 1921–22, it will be necessary to prepare a Supplementary Estimate, and this is now under consideration.