§ CAPTAIN WARING (Banffshire)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the £650,000 to be given to Ireland is an extra grant out of the Imperial purse; and, if so, whether the equivalent grant will be given to Scotland.
§ MR. ASQUITHIf effect is given by Parliament to the proposals made in the 374 Irish Council Bill, the additional sum assigned to Irish services will be a charge against the Exchequer of the United Kingdom. Until the Bill has become law, I think it would be premature to discuss the suggestion contained in the second part of the Question; but I may say at once, that as at present advised, the case does not appear to me to be one to which the principle, or rather the practice, of equivalent grants is applicable.