§ Lieut.-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Disposals Board include in their contracts for the sale of surplus or derelict Air Force stores a provision that everything purchased should be cleared away within a specified time; and whether, if such is not the case, instructions could be given that such a Clause should be inserted?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe answer to the first part of the question is in the
— Interest and Management. Repayment of Principal from Revenue. £ £ Paid in 1920–21 … … … … … 328,331,756 251,823,647 (New and Old. Sinking Funds) Paid in 1921–22 … … … … … 307,283,738 70,703,856 (New and Old Sinking Funds). Paid in 1922–23 … … … … … 299,279,150 126,226,629 (New and Old Sinking Funds). Estimated for 1923–24 … … … … 310,000,000 40,000,000 (New Sinking Fund only). Interest on the debt to the United States Government was not paid in 1921–22 and in 1920–21 and 1922–23 was paid for part of the year only. The figure of £310 millions for 1923–24 includes a full year's provision for this interest.