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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £49,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1931, for expenditure in respect of Public Buildings Overseas.
§ Mr. GODFREY LOCKER-LAMPSONI understand that the Government are anxious to get the Third Reading of another Bill after these Estimates have been taken. I notice that there is still one more Vote after this. This Vote includes the Washington Embassy, in which many of my hon. Friends are interested. I suggest that we should reserve our rights to have a fairly full discussion on the Report stage, and to curtail the discussion on the present occasion.
§ Mr. LANSBURYI see no one in authority about business here, but so far as I am able to give a pledge I will do so, and do my best to implement it. I should have thought that the other Vote, which relates to Works and Buildings in Ireland, would not have aroused any controversy.
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUELLet us be quite clear about this. We are willing to fall in with the wishes of the right hon. Gentleman and to help him, but it is to be perfectly well understood that on this Estimate, dealing with public buildings overseas, we reserve our rights to have a completely full discussion on the Report stage.
§ Mr. LANSBURYA reasonable discussion. I take it the hon. Member does not mean that it is to go all night. I for one would be very much obliged if the Committee would agree to give me the last Vote, which deals with expenditure in Northern Ireland.