§ Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to enable the Sports Council additional grants for 1978–79 to be carried over to the next financial year, in view of the delay in announcing the increase for the current year.
§ Mr. Denis HowellIt is a well established principle of Government accounting that any grant-in-aid not used in the year for which it is voted should be surrendered to the Consolidated Fund.