§ 41. Mr. LEIF JONESasked the Prime Minister whether the Government are prepared to carry out the recommendations of the Committee on National Expenditure of 1918 when setting up the Estimates Committee this Session?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have again looked into this matter, but I see no grounds for modifying the view expressed 967 in my answer to the hon. Member for York on the 20th February. The terms of reference proposed are those agreed after a conference attended by Mr. Speaker and representatives of all parties in 1921, and the Government see no reason for altering them.
§ Mr. JONESIs the right hon. Gentleman not prepared to carry out the recommendation that some member of the Public Accounts Committee should sit on the Estimates Committee?
§ The PRIME MINISTERMy right hon. Friend must put down a specific question.