Sir Maurice Dockrell: Thus you have proof that you have filled a vacancy?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Are not the unfortunate Irish who have anything to lose the ultimate security?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Is it proposed to make any part of this expenditure in Ireland, seeing that during the Bill she contributed so largely—
Sir Maurice Dockrell: On a point of Order. Does it not arise—
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Is it by time or contract that this repair work to Westminster Hall has been done?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: May I then, Sir, put a question that does arise: What material has been used upon the roof?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: 51. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that there is some confusion in the public mind as to whether the l½d. postage stamp is or is not a valid receipt stamp; and will he have printed across the 2d. stamp receipt or postage, thus differentiating it from stamps of the other denominations as the stamp alone usable for acknowledgment of £2 or over?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the words "Postage" and "Revenue" are printed in such microscopic characters that not one person in a hundred understands anything about it; and does he refuse to make it clear by printing across it the word "receipt" in order to show that it-is the only stamp to be used for that purpose?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: If the depots of the regiments from which these men are being disbanded are in Ireland must they go to the depot to be disbanded? Could they not be disbanded here, if their people happen to be in England?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: In all cases where decisions of the courts have been made before the sittings of Lord Shaw's Commission, would it not be possible to give some compassionate allowance, as many of these people are on the rocks?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Was the destruction of the Four Courts helpful to the legal profession in Ireland?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Who was responsible for the failure to protect these invaluable documents? Did the Government know their value, and was any effort made to protect them?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: 47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that in the case of pensioners wishing to commute their pensions considerable hardship is inflicted when they are compelled to board for commutation hundreds of miles away from their homes; and can he arrange that in the case of ex-members of the Royal Irish Constabulary they shall be boarded for commutation of pensions by a board...
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Why is it not possible, seeing that enormous number of Irish soldiers who fought in the War, to board in some part of Ireland? Why should these men be dragged across to London? Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that recently an officer who had both legs shot off and has to crawl along the floor on stumps had to come to London and—
Sir Maurice Dockrell: 9. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he is aware that there are persons domiciled in Great Britain who are beneficiaries of trust funds in charge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland; will such persons be liable to taxation both in Great Britain and Ireland in respect of such funds; will opportunity be given them of having these funds transferred to Great Britain; and will he...
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Will any opportunity be afforded to Members of the House to discuss the terms the right hon. Baronet says are being arranged between the Imperial Government and the Provisional Government?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Not necessarily in all cases. There may be other taxes of a like kind. Double taxation is contemplated in my question.
Sir Maurice Dockrell: May I ask you, Mr. Speaker, whether it was with your concurrence and approval that the notice appeared on Monday morning, the day of the funeral, stating that only those ticket-holders, Members of this House and others, who happened to possess near them Court suits or uniforms could attend the funeral?
Sir Maurice Dockrell: I was one of those most anxious to pay my respects to the memory of the late Field-Marshal, but I was precluded from doing so. Although I have outgrown my Court suit, I have a uniform, but not here.
Sir Maurice Dockrell: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that we might have protected ourselves against a considerable amount of this, if the suggestion made a year ago, or a year and a half ago, had been adopted, that we should have an insurance fund in respect of losses in Ireland similar to the one adopted in England against air-raids?
