§ 47. Mr. Wakefieldasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, having regard to the fact that the collection of 1166 duties upon imported Irish horses was found to be administratively impractical and that they have now been cancelled, he will consider recommending that the remaining outstanding parts of the fines imposed in certain cases of evasion be reviewed by the appropriate authority?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ColvilleThe duties on Irish horses were repealed in accordance with the agreement with the Free State Government announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Dominions on 25th February last. The fines in question were imposed by the magistrates as penalties for false declarations, and the repeal of the duty provides no ground for interfering with their discretion.