The Minister has not indicated the amount involved in the Department of Fisheries and Forestry and I would be obliged if he would give that figure to the House.

I do not have it here but it is not significant.

That arises under a subhead and we cannot go into subheads.

The Department of Fisheries and Forestry as the Chair will appreciate, is very important because it is using our own raw materials and making jobs available. I am interested in getting the information and I hope the Minister was wise enought not to make any cuts in respect of that Department.

If I had my own way, and if we all had our own way, there would not be any cuts at all but, unfortunately, the situation we inherited was such that unless we imposed even more severe taxation than we had to impose we would have to make some cuts in spending as well. I am not here to pretend that reductions in expenditure are things that the Government want to do or take credit for, quite the reverse.

My question related to the Department of Fisheries and Forestry and I hope cuts were not made there. I am sure the Minister is aware of the importance of that Department.

I have already indicated that there was a small reduction.