§ Mr. McENTEEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what services in Northern Ireland are paid for entirely from the British Exchequer and the total annual cost to this country?
1290Wstandard barrelage of beer produced in England and Scotland for the month of December and also the original gravity?
§ Major ELLIOTI am able to give the following figures, but I regret that particulars in respect of England by itself are not compiled:
§ Major ELLIOTThe only services in Northern Ireland which are paid for entirely from the British Exchequer are the provision of buildings for the Parliament and public Departments of Northern Ireland (under Section 34 of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920) and for the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland (under Section 24 of the same Act). The estimated cost of these services during the current financial year is £297,000. This charge on the British Exchequer will cease when all the buildings are completed.