HC Deb 22 January 1897 vol 45 c292
MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the further investigations which the Government propose to make into the financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland will include an examination into the amount of the Secret Service Fund used in connection with the Government of Ireland since the Union?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY

I said yesterday that it would be inconvenient to answer questions with regard to the Commission until I am in a position to state what the terms of reference are.