HC Deb 15 February 1870 vol 199 cc330-1
MR. W. JOHNSTON

said, he would beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether it is his intention this Session to introduce a Bill to assimilate the Municipal and Parliamentary Franchise in Ireland?

MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE

, in reply, said, he had not been able to give his attention to that subject during the Recess, and he greatly doubted whether he should find it possible to do so during the Session.