§ 17. Mr. PIRIEasked whether the witnesses have yet been invited to give their consent to the publication of their evidence given before the Committee on Irish Finance; and, if so, if all have been so invited?
§ Mr. BIRRELLSome of the witnesses have already expressed their willingness to have their evidence published and I am communicating with the rest to-day.
§ 49. Mr. HORNERasked whether the reasons for suppressing the evidence given before the Irish Finance Committee apply equally to all the evidence of all the witnesses; and, if not, whether there is any reason for refusing to publish the evidence to which such reason does not apply?
§ 51. Mr. MALCOLMasked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the difficulty of fully understanding the Report of the Committee on Irish Finance by reason of the suppression of the evidence to which frequent references are made in the Report, he will now publish so much of the evidence as is referred to in the Report?
§ 92. Captain CLIVEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having regard to the statements made by the Committee on Irish Finance that the grounds for their conclusion that error exists in the calculations on which the adjustments have been made as between collected and true Irish revenue can only be gathered in detail from a perusal of the 535 minutes of evidence, he will publish so much of the evidence of the officials of the Departments concerned as will place Members in a position to judge of the reliability of the figures and of the justifications for the conclusions at which the Committee have arrived?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThese questions have really been answered already by the Prime Minister.