Captain TERRELLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the possibility of issuing each quarter of the financial year an authoritative statement showing whether the Departments, as a whole, are adhering strictly to the financial limits prescribed for them, so that the public may know not only if the 2402W utmost economy is being practised, but the source of wastefulness if it exists?
§ Sir R. HORNEExpenditure varies so much at different times of the year that detailed returns over short periods are apt to cause misleading inferences. The total issues for Supply Services as compared with the Estimate are already published weekly in the Gazette and in the Press. I will, however, consider my hon. and gallant Friend's suggestion in connection with the quarterly return at the end of June.