§ Mr. MAURICE HEALYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give, before the Report stage of the Budget Resolutions, the revenue derived from Ireland in the year 1912–13, the amount of exclusively Irish expenditure for the same period, and the amount of the increase in Irish taxation for the year 1912–13, as compared with the year 1908–9; and whether, if he cannot give the final figures, approximate figures can now be given, as was done last year on 16th April for the then preceding financial year, in the White Paper circulated with the Government of Ireland Bill?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI am afraid I am not in a position to give any figures before the Report stage, as the returns are not yet complete. But I hope to be 1681W able to give approximate figures before the Second Reading of the Finance Bill.