§ Mr. FIELDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state approximately the total amount of Imperial taxation expected to be levied in Ireland during the present financial year?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEIt is estimated that the total amount of Imperial taxes to be contributed by Ireland during the present financial year will be, approximately, £8,434,000.
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§ Mr. FIELDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received resolutions protesting against the imposition of increased Imperial taxation in Ireland from the All-Ireland meeting recently held in the Mansion House and from the Chamber of Commerce, Dublin, and many other representative public bodies in Ireland; and whether he intends to modify his Budget proposals in accordance with those resolutions, and to carry into effect the terms of the Union with respect to the taxation of Ireland?
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§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEI have received the resolution passed at the meeting referred to by the hon. Member, together with resolutions from the Dublin Chamber of Commerce and other bodies in Ireland. I do not, however, consider that adequate reasons have been adduced for modifying in their general lines the financial proposals which I laid before the House on the 29th ultimo, and which do not appear to me to conflict with the provisions of the Act of Union.