§ Mr. BOTTOMLEYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that in the space of about an hour upwards of 100 Votes, amounting to nearly seventy millions of money were obtained in Committee of Supply without any discussion or criticism on the part of the House; and whether, in view of the fact that this House is now supreme in matters of finance, he will consider the desirableness of giving the people's representatives a more effective control over the expenditure of public money?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe manner in which the House exercises its control over public expenditure is regulated by the Standing Orders of the House.
§ Mr. MacVEAGHasked, the Secretary to the Treasury the total sum of money voted by this House in each of the past ten years in Estimates which were not discussed?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe amounts (arrived at on the basis explained in my reply to a similar question by the hon. Member for South Hackney on the 30th ultimo) are:—
1902, £8,121,011 1907, £32,966,863 1903, £3,718,380 1908, £31,057,754 1904, £30,969,682 1909, £43,181,205 1905, £35,368,599 1910, £52,236,081 1906, £13,774,933 1911, £43,778,511
§ Mr. PIRIEasked a statement showing the number and aggregate amounts of the various Scottish Votes, specifying them by name, which came under the general closure in each year during the years 1901–10, inclusive?