HC Deb 16 July 1908 vol 192 c1109
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 - GEORGE

The 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 REDMOND

Is 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-GEORGE

It looks like it.

MR. R. DUNCAN (Lanarkshire, Govan)

Can the figures for Great Britain be divided for England and Scotland?

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE

asked for notice.