(3) For the purposes of this section– "debt charges" includes interest, sinking fund charges, the repayment or amortisation of debt and all expenditure related to the raising of loans on the security of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and the service and redemption of debt created by those loans. PART III AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE FROM CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND 228 Estimates of revenue and expenditure (1) At least two months before the end of each financial year, the Minister responsible for finance must lay before the National Assembly estimates of the revenue and expenditure of Zimbabwe for the following financial year. (2) If Parliament is prorogued or dissolved and it is impossible to lay estimates before the National Assembly two months before the end of a financial year, the estimates must be laid before the National Assembly within thirty days after the Assembly first meets following the prorogation or dissolution. 229 Information to be provided to National Assembly (1) Not later than six months after the end of every financial year, the Minister responsible for finance must report to the National Assembly the amounts of the revenues and expenditures of Zimbabwe in that financial year. (2) Either before or at the same time as he or she lays estimates of revenue and expenditure before the National Assembly in terms of section, the Minister responsible for finance must lay before the Assembly– (a) a report on the performance of Zimbabwe's economy during the current financial year, including estimates of the gross domestic product, the rate of inflation and the balance of payments; (b) details of– (i) all guarantees of payment or repayment of debts and obligations that the State has given in the current financial year; and (ii) all such guarantees given by the State in previous financial years that remain in operation; (c) a summary of the economic outlook for Zimbabwe in the coming financial year, including forecasts of the gross domestic product, the rate of inflation and the balance of payments; and (d) a statement of fiscal objectives and priorities for the coming financial year. 230 Appropriation Bills (1) When the National Assembly has approved the estimates of expenditure for any financial year, other than expenditure that is specifically charged on the Consolidated Revenue Fund by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament, a Bill to be known as an Appropriation Bill must be introduced into the National Assembly, and that Bill must– (a) provide for money to be issued from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet the approved expenditure; and - 83 -