MR. ESMONDEsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, in conformity with the precedent of last year, it is intended by Her Majesty's Government to introduce and lay upon the table the Irish Reform Bill before going into Committee upon the Bill to amend the Laws relating to the Representation of the People in England and Wales?
§ MR. O'BEIRNEsaid, he also would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will inform the House when he intends to introduce the Bill for the further amendment of the Law relating to the Representation of the People in Ireland?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERI am sorry, Sir, to have to state that it will not be in my power to lay the Irish Reform Bill on the table before we go into Committee on the English Bill. But we shall bring it forward as soon as we can after the Easter recess.