HC Deb 12 March 1981 vol 1000 c1010

For the debate on Tuesday 17 March on the Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill, hon. Members may hand in to my office by 9 am. on Monday 16 March their names and the topics that they wish to raise. The ballot will be carried out as on the last occasion. An hon. Member may hand in only his or her own name and one topic.

The Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill includes certain Defence Supplementary Estimates for the current year, as set out in House of Commons Paper No. 138, certain Civil Supplementary Estimates for the current year, as set out in House of Commons Papers Nos. 139, 144 and 184, and excesses in Defence and Civil Estimates for 1979–80, as set out in House of Commons Paper No. 137. It will be in order on Second Reading of the Bill to raise topics falling within the ambit of the expenditure proposed in these papers.

I shall put out the result of the ballot later on 16 March.