HC Deb 28 July 1975 vol 896 cc1422-3
Mr. Viggers

I beg to move Amendment No. 18, in page 5, line 26, at end add: 'and shall be laid before each House of Parliament'. This is the first Bill of this nature to come before Parliament containing no financial target of any sort. We remain deeply concerned about the financial control of the corporation. The next group of amendments will deal with this aspect in depth. This amendment is modest and requires merely a financial notice to be laid before Parliament. Its implementation would be the simplest way of honouring the assurance given by the Under-Secretary of State in Committee when he said: … I can assure the Committee that, before the financial objectives are set after consultation with the new corporation, Parliament will be informed about them."—[Official Report, Standing Committee E, 26th June 1975; c 811–12]

Mr. Benn

This amendment would require the corporation's financial duties to be laid before Parliament. It is unnecessary in terms of parliamentary procedure because the financial duties must be published in the annual report, which must be laid before Parliament.

Mr. Viggers

On that assurance, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

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