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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1990
THE PROVISION ALSO ATTEMPTED TO ANTICIPATE THE LIKELY COST OF THE SETTING-UP OF THE FUTURE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND THE PAY PACKAGE OF
ΤΟ ITS
AND COVERED
RELATION ADJUSTMENTS IN EMPLOYEES;
CERTAIN PROGRAMMES, SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY, TO COVER INFLATION, HE ADDED.
SIR TIERS SAID THAT SOME MEMBERS' COMMENTS SUGGESTED THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS.
RECURRENT
AND MIGHT BE
IN
THE
WITH
HE EXPLAINED THAT THESE SUBHEADS (FOR BOTH CAPITAL) WERE
ANTICIPATE CREATED TO
EXPENDITURE WHICH REQUIRED IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNTS INDIVIDUALLY PROVIDED FOR ESTIMATES, BUT WHICH COULD NOT AT THE TIME BE DETERMINED PRECISION AND SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED.
"THE AMOUNTS REPRESENT THE MAXIMUM ADDITIONAL PROVISION FOR THE YEAR WHICH IT IS ESTIMATED WILL BE REQUIRED UNDER ALL OTHER VOTES.
"IN
THIS WAY, THE APPROPRIATION BILL IS COMPREHENSIVE, IN SENSE THAT IT REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT IT IS ESTIMATED BE SPENT DURING THE YEAR," HE SAID.
COMMITMENTS
THE PROVISION IN THE ADDITIONAL REPRESENTED AN ASSESSMENT BY FINANCE BRANCH OF THE COST OF THAT WERE TO BE PUT TO FINANCE COMMITTEE DURING THE COURSE YEAR, HE SAID.
"IT
IS
THE
WILL
SUBHEADS PROPOSALS OF THE
AS THIS MIGHT NOT
BREAKDOWN NOT POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE A PRECISE COULD BE MISLEADING. IN THE EVENT, SOME OF THE PROPOSALS PROCEED,' HE SAID.
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PIERS STRESSED THAT NOTHING WAS DEBITED DIRECTLY TO SIR ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS SUBHEADS.
THESE
"FOR EXAMPLE, IF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RATES ARE INCREASED,
PROVISION
PUBLIC
FROM THE
THE IS APPROVED FOR THE SUBHEAD FOR SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE SCHEME, OFFSET BY DELETING AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS SUBHEAD,
"AND THE NORMAL
APPLIED, POWERS,
RULES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION MUST THAT IS, FOR AMOUNTS THAT EXCEED THE LIMIT OF DELEGATED FINANCE COMMITTEE'S SPECIFIC APPROVAL MUST BE SOUGHT IN CASE," HE SAID.
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