§ "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £380,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1929, for sundry Dominion Services, including a Grant-in-Aid, for advances in certain cases on account of liabilities assumed by the Government of the Irish Free State in connection with Compensation for Damage to Property or with Land Purchase, for certain ex-gratia Grants, and for Expenditure in connection with Ex-Service Men in the Irish Free State."
§ Resolution read a Second time.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
§ Mr. BUCHANANI beg to move, "That the Debate be now adjourned."
It is shocking that there should be no representative of the Treasury and no representative of the Dominions Office present on this occasion. We have this treatment from a party which prates about constitutionalism. Look at the gathering we have on the Treasury Bench. We have the Secretary of State for Scotland. He has many virtues, but nobody would credit him with any quality for looking after the financial position of the country. Then there is the Under-Secretary. If, as I understand, the Motion for Adjournment is going to be accepted, I need say no more.
§ Debate to be resumed to-morrow.