SIR ELLIS ASHMEAD-BART-LETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it will be possible, under the "Homo Rule" Bill, for the Irish Parliament to grant bounties in favour of Irish products?
§ SIR W. HARCOURTThere is no provision in the Bill respecting bounties, and such a practice is not contemplated to be within its scope.
§ MR. TOMLINSONIs it prohibited?
§ SIR W. HARCOURTThere is no provision in the Bill about it.
§ SIR E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETTI understood the right hon. Gentleman to say that bounties did not come within the scope of the Bill. The answer seems to be most enigmatical. I will, therefore, ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the establishment of bounties is forbidden by the Bill, and, if not, how the Irish Parliament is to be prevented from establishing bounties?
§ SIR W. HARCOURTI have already said there is no provision in the Bill dealing with bounties, and that they were not contemplated as being within the scope of the Bill. I am unable to add anything to that answer.