CAPTAIN DONELANOn behalf of the hon. Member for West Kerry (Sir THOMAS ESMONDE), I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the amount of money voted by Parliament for Naval purposes since 1885, and how much of it has been spent respectively in England, Scotland, and Ireland?
THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTYI must refer the hon. Member to the answer given last Friday by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House to a similar Question by the hon. Member for the College Green Division of Dublin.
CAPTAIN DONELANCan the right hon. Gentleman, say whether any of Her Majesty's ships have been paid off in Irish ports during the period mentioned in the Question?
THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTYI do not think that the arrangements which exist provide for the paying off of ships in Irish ports.