BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

HC Deb 19 February 1924 vol 169 c1516

31. Mr. TILLETT

asked the President of the Board of Trade who are the authorities responsible for incurring and for checking expenditure in connection with the British Empire Exhibition?

Mr. LUNN

The responsibility for incurring expenditure in connection with the British Empire Exhibition rests with the Board of Management, assisted by the Finance and Estimates Committees. The expenditure is checked by the Accounts Sub-Committee, and audited by a firm of chartered accountants.

Mr. HANNON

Is it not a fact that the accounts have been in perfect order up to the present moment?

Mr. LUNN

I have no information upon the matter.

Mr. B. SMITH

Is there any Clause like the Fair Wages Clause governing the conditions of labour employed?

Mr. SPEAKER

That does not arise out of the original question.