§ 16. Mr. JOHNasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the disproportionate contributions, having regard to their wealth, made by Scotland and Ireland to the total tax revenue; and, in order to make clear whether Wales is or is not being similarly mulcted, whether he will arrange to ascertain what the separate contribution of Wales (including Monmouthshire) during the current financial year amounts to under each head of such revenue?
§ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Lloyd George)Without admitting the premiss of my hon. Friend, I am considering the possibility of obtaining separate figures for Wales; but, inasmuch as England and Wales have always been treated for revenue purposes as an administrative unit, there are very grave difficulties in the way of doing so.