§ MR. M'MAHONsaid, he would beg to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether it is his intention to introduce, during this Session, a Bill to assimilate the Poor Law of Ireland to that of England, by enlarging the area of rating from parishes or electoral districts to unions?
§ MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUEreplied, that the Government had no intention of legislating on the question during the present Session. It was a matter of great importance, and one that would require a great deal of consideration before the Government could come to any conclusion on the subject.