§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the gross amount of money spent in Great Britain and in Ireland, respectively, for all imperial purposes, including Army and Navy contracts, in the last completed financial year; and whether he proposes to make any arrangement whereby expenditure for Imperial purposes may, in future, be more evenly distributed over all the countries upon which taxes for those purposes are imposed?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEMy right hon. Friend regrets that the information asked for is not available.