§ MR. CLANCYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in the recent revaluation of Belfast, public-houses have been valued on a different principle from that adopted in the case of other business establishments, the value of the licences being taken into account in the one case and the volume of business done not being taken into account in the other; and, if so, whether, in view of the fact that the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Ireland in the case of Armstrong v. the Commissioner of Valuation was to the effect that the volume of business should in all cases be taken into account, the revaluation of Belfast will be allowed to become operative till all business houses are valued on the same principle.
§ MR. WALTER LONGMy right hon. and learned friend replied to a precisely similar Question on the 7th instant.†
§ MR. CLANCYNo, Sir, the Question was not identical to this.
§ MR. WALTER LONGI understand it was to the same effect and that my right hon. friend's Answer covered the whole ground. If the hon. Gentleman thinks otherwise and will put down another Question I shall be happy to consider if I can give any further Answer.