STATE FINANCES
NEW SYSTEM PLANNED BUDGET EARLY IN YEAR [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON. Thursday The future policy of the Government will be to call Parliament together ai soon as possible after the closing of the public accounts on March 31 each year, according tc a statement made by the Prime Minister, Mr. 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 t<v ward 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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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22391, 11 April 1936, Page 10
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