asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why copies of Statutory Instruments 606 and 607 of 1951 which were laid before this House on 9th April, 1951, had not been provided to the Vote Office so as to make them available to hon. Members at one o'clock on the afternoon of 12th April, 1951.

The reason was that the Instruments had not then been published. Copies were supplied to the Vote Office on publication during the afternoon of 13th April, 1951.