§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDY (Cavan, W.)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the proportion which the income-tax assessment on which taxes were contributed by Ireland bears to that of Great Britain for the years 1904–5,1905–6,1906–7, and 1907–8.
§ MR. LLOYD - GEORGEThe respective amounts of income-tax contributed by Great Britain and Ireland must necessarily be a matter of speculation, but calculated on the basis of the estimate shown in the Return (House of Commons Paper No. 242 of 1907), "relating to Imperial Revenue (Collection and Expenditure) (Great Britain and Ireland) for the year eroding 31st March, 1907," they would be as follows—
Year. Great Britain. Ireland. £. £. 1904–5 29,737,000 1,115,000 1905–6 29,803,000 1,085,000 1906–7 30,377,000 1,102,000 1907–8 30,356,000 1,106,000
§ MR. JOHN REDMONDIs it not the fact that the amount raised for each 1d. in the £ in Ireland is a decreasing quantity, while in England it is an increasing one?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEIt looks like it.
§ MR. R. DUNCAN (Lanarkshire, Govan)Can the figures for Great Britain be divided for England and Scotland?
§ MR. LLOYD-GEORGEasked for notice.