§ Viscount Wolmerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total cost during the current financial year of the Imperial liabilities and expenditure mentioned in the Third Schedule to the Government of Ireland Bill?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINAs the items to be included in Imperial liabilities and expenditure for any particular year would depend upon rulings of the Joint Exchequer Board, the following figures (which are approximate only) must not be regarded as exhaustive:
£ Debt Charges 345,000,000 Army, Navy and Air Services 616,000,000 Ministry of Pensions 105,000,000 Loans to Allies and Dominions 147,000,000 Resettlement and Training of ex-Soldiers 8,000,000 Colonial, Diplomatic and Consular and Miscellaneous War Services 23,000,000 Other Services 10,000,000 £1,254,000,000 The Imperial receipts, otherwise than by way of taxation, to be set off against this gross sum would be determined by the Joint Exchequer Board.