I move:—
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £80,000 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1952, for the increase of the Grant to Local Authorities in Relief of Rates on Agricultural Land (No. 35 of 1925; No. 28 of 1931; No. 23 of 1939; No. 36 of 1946; etc.).
As the House is aware, this is a normal Supplementary Estimate which occurs every year and is entirely necessitated by the fact that, when the original Estimate is introduced, it is not possible to forecast exactly what will be the amount required for the purposes of paying this supplementary agricultural grant.
