HC Deb 15 May 1912 vol 38 cc1235-6W
Sir JOHN LONSDALE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state under what Clause of the proposed Government of Ireland Bill the Imperial Parliament will be empowered to review and revise the decisions of the Joint Exchequer Board in regard to the adjustment of the proceeds of taxes between Great Britain and Ireland?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

The Bill does not contemplate that a decision of the Joint Exchequer Board on the questions specifically referred to it should be the subject of review in ordinary course by either the Parliament of the United Kingdom or the Parliament of Ireland, but the provisions of Clause 1 (2) of the Bill make it clear that the Imperial Parliament, if it thought fit, would have the same power of review in those matters as it has in any others.