§ Mr. MAURICE HEALYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the estimate given in paragraph 34 of the Report of the Primrose Committee on Irish Finance that for the year 1911–12 the expenditure for Ireland would exceed its revenue by more than a million and a half has proved to be accurate; and, if erroneous, to what extent?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEAs stated in Appendix C to the White Paper circulated with the Government of Ireland Bill, the true revenue of Ireland in 1911–12 is estimated to have fallen short of the local expenditure in that year by approximately £830,000.