Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 8 December 1920.
Mr Stanley Baldwin
, Bewdley
The Treasury are constantly impressing on Departments the importance of obtaining Parliamentary sanction as soon as it becomes apparent that provision in an existing Estimate will be insufficient. The exigencies of Parliamentary procedure make it impossible to secure that in every case such sanction can be obtained in advance; but it is the recognised rule that this should be done, and I attach great importance to the observance of the rule.