§ Mr. Costainasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals he has to release unrequired balances currently held in many disaster funds still in existence in this country, and thereby establish one National Disaster Fund from which moneys can be made available immediately in the case of future disasters.
§ Mr. TaverneThere are no substantial balances lying idle in existing disaster funds. In the few cases where a fund cannot be wholly spent on the purpose for which it was intended, those purposes have been extended so that the balances can be used. The question does not, therefore, arise.