§ SIR GEORGE BOWYERasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether he is aware that the unanimous opinion of the Irish Judges, both of Law and Equity, is against the abolition of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the transfer of Irish Appeals to the new Appellate Court, and that the opinion of the Scotch Judges is the same as regards Scotland; whether Her Majesty's Government intends to defer to such authoritative dissent so far as not to extend the Judicature Act to Ireland and Scotland as regards Appeals; and, whether under these circumstances Her Majesty's Government will take into consideration the advisability of deferring the operation of or amending the Act in this respect as regards England?
§ MR. DISRAELII am not aware, Sir, of any of the circumstances to which the Question of the hon. Baronet refers. I have received no representation from the Irish Judges of the kind which he intimates, nor has the Lord Chancellor; and I have the best authority for saying that no representation of that character has been received from the Scotch Judges. Therefore, under those circumstances, the rest of the inquiry of the hon. Baronet—"whether Her Majesty's Government intends to defer to such authoritative dissent so far as not to extend the Judicature Act to Ireland and Scotland as regards Appeals"—naturally falls to the ground.