PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Submission to Parliament Before Audit FUTURE POLICY By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, April 8. The future policy of the Government will be to call Parliament together as soon as possible after the closing of the public accounts on March 31 each year, according to a statement by the Prime Minister, the Hon. M. J. Savage. , Mr Savage said he saw no reason why they should not follow the same course as the British Parliament, where the public accounts were submitted to the country before they were audited. Cabinet would give the matter its serious consideration, Parliament had to sit well on towards Christmas because of the present system under which the Budget and financial policy were not introduced until the accounts were returned from audit. The Government needed to shape a new course so that the country’s affairs could be discussed at the earliest possible moment after March 31. A definite policy would be laid down before Parliament met next year,
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 101, 9 April 1936, Page 7
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162PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 101, 9 April 1936, Page 7
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