Thank you, Madam Chair. The normal process is the one we are going through now. The departments would highlight their requirements for expenditures, whether it be the O and M side or the capital side. If there are requirements for further funding that is over and above what has been identified in the budget process, then the government would have to come forward through a supplementary and request either more revenues for this particular area within the department, or if it is in fact a reduction come in with a negative supplementary. Again, identifying exactly what area from within the budget of the department it would be removed from. Although, for example, we are putting before you the planned expenditures of each department, throughout the year there could be a number of things happen that would either cause them to need more money than has been identified and if that is the case, a supplementary would come in and add to that going forward. So there is an exercise; it would require at the end of the day the approval of the House in doing that. Approval is needed for the main estimates and approval is needed in the House as well for the supplementary appropriations that come before this House.
Floyd Roland on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 18th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 17th, 2004
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