§ Considered in Committee.
§ [Mr. HUBERT BEAUMONT in the Chair]
§ CLAUSE 1—(Measures under Article 41.)
§ 1.17 p.m.
The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. McNeil)I beg to move, in page 2, line 8, at the end, to insert:
(5) Any expenses incurred by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in applying any such measures as are mentioned in this section shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.In view of the strictures which my hon. Friend the Member for Epping (Mrs. Manning) addressed to the Front Bench, earlier today, I shall try to be brief in moving this Amendment. It makes essential provision for any expenses, incurred by the Government in the United King-don in applying such measures as are covered by the Bill, to be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament. I hope it is clear that if obligations undertaken under Article 41 involve, for instance, providing control services and increasing the number of officials for such services, there would be some expense which the Government would properly have to meet.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Clause 2 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Bill reported, with an Amendment; as amended, considered; read the Third time, and passed, with an Amendment.