§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the ratio between the taxable capacity of the Irish Free State and that of Great Britain?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLNo, Sir; for the reasons which I explained in the Debate on Tuesday, I do not think that it would be possible to give any definite or useful figures on this subject. An attempt to arrive at similar figures in the case of Great Britain and Northern. Ireland occupied a Committee presided over by Lord Colwyn and including Sir Josiah Stamp for two years and resulted in abstruse formulae which will be found covering several pages of Command Paper 2389 of 1925.