HC Deb 30 July 1935 vol 304 cc2545-6

Lords Amendment: In page 106, line 18, at the end, insert: and the salaries, allowances and pensions payable to or in respect of members of his staff shall be paid out of those revenues.

Mr. SPEAKER

This Amendment raises a question of privilege as it involves charges on the Federal revenues.

Mr. BUTLER

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

The purpose of the Amendment is to supply an omission in relation to the source from which the salaries of the staff of the Auditor of Home Accounts is to be met. It fills a gap in the Bill, and creates no new principle or idea.

Viscount WOLMER

What does my hon. Friend mean by saying that it fills a gap in the Bill? Does he mean that this point was not provided for in the Bill before?

Mr. BUTLER

It is always possible in a Bill of this size to have certain chinks in the armour, and I am surprised that there have not been more in this Bill. This completes the panoply of the Auditor of Home Accounts and, therefore, brings the Bill into more accurate form by making provision for the staff of the Auditor of Borne Accounts.