§ 60. Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many commissions or committees of inquiry have been set up since the present Government came into power; and what is the estimated cost?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the information furnished by the Prime Minister in his answers given on the 15th and 21st November last. I am sending copies of these answers to the hon. and gallant Member, together with particulars of the seven bodies subsequently appointed.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGECan the hon. Gentleman give any estimate of the total amount?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEIt would not be possible to give an estimate of the cost, because it is not known how long these commissions and committees will sit.
§ Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGESurely the hon. Gentleman and the Government, before they set up the commissions and committees, went into the question of cost?