HC Deb 27 March 1900 vol 81 cc435-6
MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)

I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he can state the amount expended on military and naval stores bought in Great Britain for the last twelve months and the amount expended in Ireland in the same way for a similar period.

*THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS,) Birmingham, S.

I must refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to him on the 15th instant.† * See The Parliamentary Debates [Fourth Series], Vol. lxxx., page 1064. … See The Parliamentary Debates [Fourth Series], Vol. lxxx., page 914.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

In view of the fact that the amount expended in Ireland has been given, cannot the figures for the rest of the United Kingdom be presented?

*Mr. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS

It would involve a long and complicated inquiry, which the Department cannot undertake at present.