To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what powers the Treasury will have to ring-fence itemised expenditure under the process described in paragraph 1.22 of the White Paper on a Welsh Assembly; and if these powers will extend to the determination of individual subheads within the estimates. [10707]

[holding answer 28 July 1997]: The allocation of the budget assigned to Wales will be at the discretion of the Welsh Assembly, as it is at present a matter for the Secretary of State for Wales.