§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, considering the great interest taken in the settlement of the endowed schools question in Ireland, he will consider the advisability of introducing, and at least having read a first time, the Bill which the Government have prepared, dealing with the subject?
§ MR. TREVELYANI regret to say that at present I see no prospect of finding an opportunity of getting forward with this measure. The two Members who are most prominently interested in it are the hon. Member for Monaghan (Mr. Healy), and the noble Lord the Member for Woodstock (Lord Randolph Churchill), whom I do not see in his place; and if they will help us in 870 getting forward with Public Business, there will be a fair chance of carrying an Endowed School Act this Session.
§ MR. HEALYasked, whether it was not unprecedented for the Government to introduce a Bill, and have it read a first time, simply for the purpose of gratifying legitimate curiosity of Members and of the public generally?
§ MR. TREVELYANsaid, it was not unprecedented, and he was afraid the Government were doubly committed to this policy already by the Irish Department.