§ The Under-Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection (Mr. Robert Maclennan)I beg to move,
That any Act of the present Session to authorise the payment of food subsidies may make provision—This Ways and Means Resolution is necessary as a preliminary to amendments tabled by the Government in respect of enforcement provisions as an additional safeguard to public funds. I think it will be more convenient if I go into a detailed examination of this matter when we reach the relevant amendments.
- (a) for requiring payments to be made to the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by persons who contravene provisions of that Act for preventing abuse in connection with such subsidies;
- (b) for the payment into the Consolidated Fund of sums paid to the Secretary of State or that Minister in pursuance of any such requirement.
§ Question put and agreed to.