§ 51. Mr. MORRISasked the Prime Minister whether the Cabinet Committee, which it was stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be set up to examine recurring blocks of national expenditure in order to reduce the total Estimates by about £10,000,000 a year, has yet been appointed?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, Sir. The preliminary examination that is necessary is in hand, but it is of course not possible for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, until the Finance Bill has passed through all its stages, to participate regularly in the sittings of a Committee of this character