Orders of the Day — National Expenditure.

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 9 December 1920.

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Photo of Mr George Lambert Mr George Lambert , South Molton

Take Ireland. In Ireland they grew 1,500,000 quarters of oats. If the price of oats goes down Is. per quarter you will have to pay the Irish farmer £375,000 a year. If the price goes down 10s. a quarter you will have to pay £3,750,000. How many officials do you think you will have to appoint in order to check these returns? Has anybody any idea of it? These are the reasons why I object to this finance, against which, I am perfectly certain, the soul of Mr. Gladstone and former financiers would have revolted. We have no definite end to our liability.