§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) pursuant to his answer of 29 July to the hon. Member for Caerphilly, if he will specify the Vote subhead which authorises the expenditure incurred in the use of facilities of his Department by the chairman of the National Rivers Authority advisory committee;
(2) what has been the expenditure incurred to date by the chairman of the National Rivers Authority advisory committee as a result of his use of the secretarial facilities and stationery provided by his Department.
§ Mr. MoynihanEstimate provision for the National Rivers Authority advisory committee is contained within Class X, Vote 5 subhead A1 (Department of Environment: administration). Expenditure by the chairman is not separately identified.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what provision is made within his Department's budget for expenditure incurred by(a) the chairman of the National Rivers Authority advisory committee in using his Department's secretarial facilities and stationery and (b) by the other Members and Peers mentioned in his answer of 29 June to the hon. Member for Caerphilly.
§ Mr. MoynihanSuch expenditure by Parliamentary Private Secretaries and my noble Friend Lord Hesketh is subsumed within the provision for Private Offices; that by my right hon. and noble Friend Lord Crickhowell within the provision for the National Rivers Authority advisory committee.