To ask the President of the Board of Trade what changes are being made to his Department's cash limits for 1993–94.

Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate the cash limit for class IV, vote 4—privatisation of the coal industry—will be increased by £2,500,000 from £5,000,000 to £7,500,000. The increased provision is sought to meet further expenditure on advisers' fees required for the privatisation programme and for assistance for commissioning consultants by management and employee buy-out teams.