§ Mr. MAURICE HEALYasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether it was with his sanction that a sum of £90 has recently been deducted from the annual Government contribution in lieu of rates made to the corporation of Cork in respect of the Cork barracks; whether this sum was stopped merely because the corporation refused to render to the military authorities services which they are rendering to no ratepayers in the city, and which, therefore, they have no legal power to render to the military authorities; and whether, as contributions in lieu of rates in respect of Government buildings are made on the basis that the occupiers are entitled to the same services merely as ordinary ratepayers, he will take steps to secure that these contributions are not used to put pressure on corporations to treat military and other Government authorities on special terms, and to exact services which are not either required or authorised by law?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEI would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave on 29th March last to a similar question put by the hon. and gallant Member for East Cork.