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Motion made, and Question proposed:
That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, 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, 1935, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Works and Public Buildings.
§ 2.31 p.m.
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThis is a somewhat similar Vote to the last. The £9,350 excess over the original Estimate is due, for the most part, to the restoration of the emergency cut as from 1st July last. That amounts to £6,120. The next largest sum is due to the taking on of more architectural draughtsmen in my office for Post Office telephone and telegraph developments, and the third is due to increases in staff for the provision of accommodation for the Unemployment Assistance Board. The appropriations-inaid have been considerably more than the figure stated, but as these are new services they have to appear for accounting purposes.
§ Mr. PALINGWould the right hon. Gentleman explain the appropriation-in-aid, recovery of expenditure on behalf of the Unemployment Assistance Board?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREWhether there is or is not an Unemployment Assistance Board has nothing to do with me. The arrangement is that rather than the Board finding premises for itself, premises are found in the first instance by my department, and then I recover the full cost from the Board. In the long run no cost will fall upon my department.