§ Considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That it is expedient to make a free Grant, not exceeding the sum of £20,000, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, for defraying a part of the costs of any works to be executed under any Act of the present Session for the improvement of the Drainage of Lands and for the prevention of Inundations within the catchment area of Lough Neagh and the Lower Bann, and also to authorise the Board of Works in Ireland to make advances, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, for the purposes of the said Act.
§ MR. STOREY (Sunderland)I object to this Resolution, which proposes to make a grant of £20,000 out of moneys to be provided by the Imperial Parliament to defray part of the works to be executed in virtue of the passing of the Bann Drainage Bill. The objection which I had at first to this grant is intensified by the fact that it is no longer part of a general scheme. Further, it is proposed to give the grant to a part of Ireland which admittedly does not stand in need of it. I, therefore, feel it my duty to object.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)My hon. Friend after having done his best to prevent a general grant being made now objects to a local grant.
§ MR. COSSHAM (Bristol, E.)I shall oppose the Resolution, because I have the greatest possible objection to the application of Imperial money to local purposes. I think it is opening the door very wide.
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The Committee divided:—Aves 79; Noes 72.—(Div. List, No. 199).
Resolved, That it is expedient to make a free Grant, not exceeding the sum of £20,000, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, for defraying a part of the costs of any works to be executed under any Act of the present Session for the improvement of the Drainage of Lands, and for the prevention of Inundations within the catchment area of Lough Neagh and the Lower Bann, and also to authorise the Board of Works in Ireland to make advances, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, for the purposes of the said Act.
§ Resolution to be reported upon Monday next.