Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 8 December 1920.
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the practice of various Departments of submitting Supplementary Estimates for the sanction of the House to expenditure which has been already incurred; and whether, seeing that this practice deprives the House of all control over such expenditure, he will take steps to ensure that Estimates be in all cases presented before the money is expended?