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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, 1945, for the salaries and expenses of the office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, and subordinate departments, including a grant in aid.
§ 1.33 p.m.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Captain Waterhouse)This Supplementary Estimate is to cover the expenditure likely to be incurred during the remainder of the financial year of the Council of Industrial Design. The appointment of this Council was announced by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade on 19th December. The task of the Council is to encourage the improvement of design throughout the manufacturing industries, and thereby stimulate the sale of British goods, both at home and in markets overseas. The former Council for Art and Industry, which has now given place to the new Council, has done much useful work of a survey nature. A good deal of excellent work has also been done by various voluntary organisations in this field. The new Council, it is expected, will be able to bring all this work to fruition. In order to enable them to do this it will be necessary to have a certain amount of fully paid staff and to have a certain amount of money to spend on carrying out the objects for which it has been formed. The £4,000 asked for the Supplementary Estimate will be sufficient to cover the expenses likely to be incurred this year. The Committee will see from the Estimate that the new money required here again is practically negligible as there is a saving from another account which has been brought to aid.
§ Question put, and agreed to.