Before we start in upon the Orders of the Day, may we learn if it is the intention during the proceedings of the day for the Minister for Finance to make the Financial Statement which it was expected he might make yesterday, and which we learn was postponed until to-day?
STATEMENT BY MINISTER FOR FINANCE.
It is the intention of the Minister for Finance, I understand, to make a statement a little after one o'clock.
Will that statement be made during the debate on the Governor-General's Address, and will there be an opportunity for discussion afterwards?
The statement will be made by intervention by the Minister for Finance in the debate on the motion for a resolution of thanks in connection with the Governor-General's Address. An opportunity for debate on the statement will be afforded. It is my intention not to preclude Deputies who have spoken on the motion before the Minister for Finance has spoken.