§ 28. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the reason for the increase in the cost of other Consolidated Fund services from the actual cost of £2,869,000 odd last year to the estimated cost of £3,700,000 odd in the present year?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThere is an increased charge this year of £350,000 in payments under the Tithe Act, 1925, which was only in operation for six months last year, and an increase of about £700,000 in the estimated interest payments to the National Debt Commissioners in respect of borrowings last year on behalf of the Unemployment Insurance Fund.