§ Mr. JOHN REDMONDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is proposed by the Board of Customs and Excise to establish the principal office for the south-eastern district of Ireland in Kilkenny, and thus reduce the city of Water-ford to the position of a sub-office; whether he is aware that Waterford is the largest and most centrally situated town in the south-eastern portion of Ireland, and is also the fourth chief seaport of Ireland; and whether, in view of the loss and inconvenience which will be suffered by traders if this arrangement is carried out, he will take steps to see that Waterford will continue to be treated as the principal administrative centre of southeastern Ireland?
§ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Lloyd George)I am informed by the Board of Customs and Excise that no proposal to alter the status of Waterford as a Customs port is at present before them.