§ Resolutions reported,
- (1) "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £485,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1921, for Expenditure in respect of sundry Public Buildings in Great Britain, not provided for on other Votes."
- (2) "That a sum, not exceeding £20,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1921, for Expenditure in connection with temporary measures for the relief of distress caused by the Flood at Louth."
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYWe have not had a word of explanation in this matter. I want to know whether this is the last of the expenditure on the Louth flood. No one begrudges the spending of money in relief of distressed Louth, but we ought to know whether this is a final bill.
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Baldwin)This is a Vote for which my right hon. Friend the First Commissioner of Works is responsible, but I believe I am right in saying that it represents the total expenditure.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThere is a Motion down for 8.15, and I shall suspend the sitting of the House until that hour.
§ Sitting suspended at twelve minutes after Eight o'clock.
1723§ Sitting resumed at a Quarter past Eight of the Clock.
§ THE CLERK AT THE TABLE (Sir Courtenay Ilbert) informed the House of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Speaker from the remainder of this day's Sitting.
§ Whereupon Mr. WHITLEY, the Chairman of Ways and Means, took the Chair as Deputy-Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order.