HL Deb 16 April 1886 vol 304 c1754
LORD DENMAN

My Lords, I think it would be a wise thing if we passed a Resolution to the effect that no Peer who has not personally visited Ireland shall be allowed to vote on Irish questions. I believe if noble Lords and hon. Members of the other House were to take the trouble to go over there, and see the state of the country—and there is plenty of time for the purpose before the end of the Easter Vacation—they would convince themselves that the Parliament of England is doing its duty in not wishing to see the Bank of Ireland turned again into a House of Parliament, excluding all the old Peers of that country.