§ CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS, TOGETHER WITH ESTIMATE FOR THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, 1961–62
§ (VOTE ON ACCOUNT)
§ Resolution reported,
§ That a sum, not exceeding £1,331,904,000, be granted to Her Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the charges for the following Civil and Revenue Departments and for the Ministry of Defence for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1962, viz.:—
| CIVIL ESTIMATES | ||
| CLASS I | ||
| £ | ||
| 1. House of Lords | … | 84,000 |
| 2. House of Commons | … | 520,000 |
| 3. Treasury and Subordinate Departments | … | 1,400,000 |
| 4. Privy Council Office | … | 15,000 |
| 5. Lord Privy Seal | … | 2,000 |
| 6. Post Office Ministers | … | 2,500 |
| 7. Charity Commission | … | 73,000 |
| 8. Civil Service Commission | … | 215,000 |
| 9. Crown Estate Office | … | 56,000 |
| 10. Exchequer and Audit Department | … | 250,000 |
| 11. Friendly Societies Registry | … | 38,500 |
| 12. Government Actuary | … | 20,000 |
| 13. Government Hospitality | … | 55,000 |
| 14. Royal Mint | … | 10 |
| 15. National Debt Office | … | 10 |
| 16. National Savings Committee | … | 475,000 |
| 17. Public Record Office | … | 55,000 |
| 18. Public Works Loan Commission | … | 10 |
| 19. Royal Commissions. etc | … | 120,000 |
| 20. Secret Service | … | 2,400,000 |
| 21. Miscellaneous Expenses Scotland:— | … | 300,000 |
| 22. Scottish Home Department | … | 570,000 |
| 23. Scottish Record Office | … | 20,000 |
| CLASS II | ||
| 1. Foreign Service | … | 8,250,000 |
| 2 Foreign Office Grants and Services | … | 8,700,000 |
| 3. British Council | … | 1,285,000 |
| 4. Commonwealth Relations Office | … | 1,750,000 |
| 5. Commonwealth Services | … | 7,000,000 |
| 6. Oversea Settlement | … | 48,000 |
| 7. Colonial Office | … | 700,000 |
| £ | ||
| 8. Colonial Services | … | 13,000,000 |
| 9. Development and Welfare (Colonies, etc.) | … | 8,500,000 |
| 10. Development and Welfare (Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and the High Commission Territories (Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland)) | … | 600,000 |
| 11. Commonwealth War Graves Commission | … | 380,000 |
| CLASS III | ||
| 1. Home Office | … | 1,973,000 |
| 2. Home Office (Civil Defence Services) | … | 4,045,000 |
| 3. Police, England and Wales | … | 20,342,000 |
| 4. Prisons, England and Wales | … | 6,500,000 |
| 5. Child Care, England and Wales | … | 1,171,000 |
| 6. Carlisle State Management District | … | 10 |
| 7. Supreme Court of Judicature etc. | … | 100,000 |
| 8. County Courts | … | 240,000 |
| 9. Legal Aid Fund | … | 1,000,000 |
| 10. Land Registry | … | 10 |
| 11. Public Trustee | … | 10 |
| 12. Law Charges | … | 280,000 |
| 13. Miscellaneous Legal Expenses Scotland:— | … | 45,000 |
| 14. Scottish Home Department (Civil Defence Services) | … | 160,000 |
| 15. Police | … | 121,000 |
| 16. Prisons | … | 610,000 |
| 17. Child Care | … | 165,000 |
| 18. State Management Districts | … | 10 |
| 19. Law Charges and Courts of Law | … | 158,000 |
| 20. Department of the Registers of Scotland | … | 10 |
| Ireland:— | ||
| 21. Supreme Court of Judicature, etc., Northern Ireland | … | 29,000 |
| 22. Irish Land Purchase Services | … | 590,000 |
| CLASS IV | ||
| 1. Ministry of Education | … | 35,100,000 |
| 2. British Museum | … | 363,000 |
| 3. British Museum (Natural History) | … | 190,000 |
| 4. Imperial War Museum | … | 20,590 |
| 5. London Museum | … | 16,600 |
| 6. National Gallery | … | 155,000 |
| 7. Tate Gallery | … | 64,000 |
| 8. National Maritime Museum | … | 29,000 |
| 9. National Portrait Gallery | … | 17,000 |
| 10. Wallace Collection | … | 15,000 |
| 11. Grants for Science and the Arts | … | 1,400,000 |
| 12. Universities and Colleges. etc., Great Britain | … | 38,000,000 |
| 13. Broadcasting Scotland:— | … | 11,200,00 |
| 14. Scottish Education Department | … | 5,550,000 |
| 15. National Galleries | … | 43,000 |
| 16. National Museum of Antiquities | … | 13,000 |
| 17. National Library | … | 43,100 |
| CLASS V | ||
| £ | ||
| 1. Ministry of Housing and Local Government | … | 3,650,000 |
| 2. Housing, England and Wales | … | 25,000,000 |
| 3. Exchequer Grants to Local Revenues, England and Wales | … | 186,650,000 |
| 4. Ministry of Health | … | 9,900,000 |
| 5. National Health Service, England and Wales | … | 188,500,000 |
| 6. Medical Research Council | … | 1,800,000 |
| 7. Registrar General's Office | … | 2,000,000 |
| 8. War Damage Commission Scotland:— | … | 125,000 |
| 9. Department of Health | … | 2,100,000 |
| 10. National Health Service | … | 22,500,000 |
| 11. Housing | … | 9,300,000 |
| 12. Exchequer Grants to Local Revenues | … | 30,275,000 |
| 13. Registrar General's Office | … | 306,000 |
| CLASS VI | ||
| 1. Board of Trade | … | 2,200,000 |
| 2. Board of Trade (Promotion of Trade[...] Exports and Industrial Efficiency and Trading Services) | … | 3,600,000 |
| 3. Board of Trade (Former Strategic Stocks) | … | 180,000 |
| 4. Board of Trade (Promotion of Local Employment) | … | 10,000,000 |
| 5. Registration of Restrictive Trading Agreements | … | 54,600 |
| 6. Export Credits | … | 10 |
| 7. Export Credits (Special Guarantees) | … | 10 |
| 8. Ministry of Labour | … | 8,079,000 |
| 9. Ministry of Aviation | … | 75,000,000 |
| 10. Civil Aviation | … | 1,000,000 |
| 11. Ministry of Aviation (Purchasing (Repayment) Services) | … | 3,000,000 |
| CLASS VII | ||
| 1. Ministry of Works | … | 2,465,000 |
| 2. Houses of Parliament Buildings | … | 155,000 |
| 3. Public Buildings, etc., United Kingdom | … | 10,583,000 |
| 4. Public Buildings Overseas | … | 1,434,000 |
| 5. Royal Palaces | … | 269,000 |
| 6. Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens | … | 341,000 |
| 7. Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments | … | 432,000 |
| 8. Rates on Government Property | … | 8,800,000 |
| 9. Stationery and Printing | … | 6,500,000 |
| 10. Central Office of Information | … | 1,600,000 |
| CLASS VIII | ||
| 1. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | … | 7,100,000 |
| 2. Agricultural and Food Grants and Subsidies | … | 90,000,000 |
| 3. Agricultural and Food Services | … | 3,800,000 |
| 4. Food (Strategic Reserves) | … | 800,000 |
| 5. Fishery Grants and Services | … | 2,900,000 |
| 6. Surveys of Great Britain, etc. | … | 1,230,000 |
| 7. Agricultural Research Council | … | 2,015,000 |
| 8. Nature Conservancy | … | 250,000 |
| £ | ||
| 9. Development Fund | … | 600,000 |
| 10. Forestry Commission Scotland:— | … | 4,200,000 |
| 11. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries | … | 12,000,000 |
| 12.Fisheries (Scotland) and Herring Industry | … | 1,100,000 |
| CLASS IX | ||
| 1. Ministry of Transport | … | 1,446,000 |
| 2. Roads, etc., England and Wales | … | 40,000,000 |
| 3. Transport (British Transport Commission) | … | 34,333,000 |
| 4. Transport (Shipping and Special Services) | … | 332,000 |
| 5. Ministry of Power | … | 750,000 |
| 6. Ministry of Power (Services) | … | 450,000 |
| 7. Office of the Minister for Science | … | 30,000 |
| 8. Atomic Energy | … | 47,000,000 |
| 9. Department of Scientific Industrial Research Scotland:— | … | 5,245,000 |
| 10. Roads, etc. | … | 5,932,000 |
| CLASS X | ||
| 1. Superannuation and Retired Allowances | … | 8,100,000 |
| 2. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance | … | 2,500,000 |
| 3. War Pensions, etc. | … | 38,250,000 |
| 4. National Insurance and Family Allowances | … | 118,800,000 |
| 5. National Assistance Board | … | 61,800,000 |
| 6. Pensions, etc. (India, Pakistan and Burma) | … | 2,900,000 |
| 7. Royal Irish Constabulary Pensions, etc. | … | 400,000 |
| 8. Post Office Superannuation and Retired Allowances | … | 10 |
| Total for Civil Estimates | £1,298,694,000 |
| REVENUE DEPARTMENTS | ||
| 1. Customs and Excise | … | 7,000,000 |
| 2. Inland Revenue | … | 20,000,000 |
| Total for Revenue Departments | … | £27,000,000 |
| Ministry of Defence | … | 6,210,000 |
| Total for Civil Estimates and Estimates for Revenue Departments together with Estimate for the Ministry of Defence | … | £1,331,904,000 |
§ Resolution read a Second time.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution.
§ Mr. Sydney Silverman (Nelson and Colne)On a point of order. So that we shall not be confused at the end of the day when the Question is put, may I call your attention, Mr. Speaker, to 39 the wording of the first order on the Order Paper:
Report [Civil Estimates and Estimates for Revenue Departments, together with Estimate for the Ministry of Defence, 1961–62 (Vote on Account)].to which notice has been given to reduce the Vote by £1,000?May I ask you, Sir, whether when the Question comes to be put, only one Question will be put, so that if there is a Division it will be at least in part for and against the Estimate for the Ministry of Defence?
§ Mr. SpeakerYes, I do not see any alternative position under the Standing Order.
§ Mr. Emrys Hughes (South Ayrshire)Further to that point of order. In the Vote on Account there is reference to a sum of £6,210,000. Do I understand that the position is that on a debate on housing we are discussing a sum of over £6 million for the Ministry of Defence, and if so, does that mean that the House is precluded completely from discussing or questioning the £6 million, Sir?
§ Mr. SpeakerThat depends on time. I cannot forecast with accuracy the verbal vigour of hon. Members.