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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.

BE

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