§ 41. Mr. DARBISHIREasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he will inform the House as to the means to be adopted to finance the expenditure on the British Empire Exhibition over and above the amount guaranteed; and if he will assure the House that no suggestion of an increased Government guarantee in excess of £100,000 has or will be made?
§ Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEYI understand that the necessary arrangements have been made for providing the finance required until receipts from charges for exhibiting space, admission, etc., become available. With regard to the last part of the question, I have nothing to add to the reply I gave on the 22nd March.
§ Mr. DARBISHIREIs the hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that. he did not reply to my question of 22nd March, and that, therefore, I put it down again?
Major Sir GEORGE HAMILTONIs the hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that the questions asked by the hon. Member opposite are doing a great deal of harm to this Exhibition?
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe hon. Member (Mr. Darbishire) is within his rights in putting a question down.