§ Mr. D. SOMERVILLEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the payments made under the Southborough interim Report and the Sutton Award were allowed for in the Budget of 1923–24; if he will state before the House rises whether any large items of expenditure unanticipated when he prepared his Budget statement have been incurred since that date; and whether he has been able to effect since then any unanticipated economies?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. With regard to the second part of the question, I must ask my hon. Friend to await the Supplementary Estimates, which will, I hope, be available by Thursday next. With regard to the third part, I fear it is too early to make any definite statement as to Budget economies.