HC Deb 18 March 1985 vol 75 c332W
44. Mr. Bowen Wells

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what items he had planned to spend his Department's contingency reserve for 1984–85 prior to his decision to allocate the reserve to alleviate the famine in Ethiopia and the Sudan.

Mr. Raison

The reserve existed to deal with contingencies as they arose within the financial year.