§ 18. Mr. TURTONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when, in accordance with his sympathetic reply to the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton, the plate-glass insurance companies in Ireland, who, without asking for or securing any extra premium did not exclude damage by riot, relying upon the doctrine of subrogation and, as heretofore, an Order of the magistrate upon the ratepayers, have paid claims for damage to plate-glass to insured persons arising out of the rebellion in Dublin, will be reimbursed by the Treasury the sums so paid?
§ Mr. SAMUELSThis matter was, at the Chief Secretary's request, carefully considered at the Treasury; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer has, it is understood, been advised that the provisions of the Law and Procedure (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1916, in reference to which the question was raised, do not imply that there is any obligation on public funds in respect of the losses in question.