HC Deb 23 May 1990 vol 173 c172W
Mr. Quentin Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the payment of preliminary expenses in respect of the sale of the Independent Broadcasting Authority transmissions system is being financed.

Mr. Mellor

Parliamentary approval for this service has been sought in the supply estimates for 1990–91. Pending that approval urgent and necessary expenditure estimated at £281,000 will be met by a repayable advance from the contingencies fund.