§ COLONEL STUART KNOXsaid, in consequence of the absence of his hon. Friend the Member for Londonderry (Sir Frederick W. Heygate), he begged to ask the Question which stood in his name; and, in the absence of the noble Marquess the Chief Secretary, perhaps the Solicitor General for Ireland would answer it. The Question was, Whether, in the event of his not bringing in this year any Bill to facilitate the erection of Labourers houses in Ireland, the regulations of the Board of Works respecting Labourers' houses to be in future erected by Government loans can be made less stringent, so as to include houses of a less expensive kind?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. DOWSE)said, in reply, his noble Friend the Chief Secretary would not be able to bring in a Bill on the subject this year. His noble Friend had carefully considered the whole question; but the regulations respecting labourers' houses and the loans for their erection were matters on which it was necessary to consult the Board of Works 766 in Ireland; and a correspondence was now going on relating to the subject.