HC Deb 27 March 1877 vol 233 cc552-3
CAPTAIN NOLAN

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, What will be the first Irish Business after the Recess, and on what date will it be taken; and, also, can he give any detailed information as to the probable general course of Irish business after Easter?

SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH

If the order for the second reading of the Public Health Consolidation Bill should not be reached to-day, I shall hope to take it on Thursday week; and I trust that my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney General for Ireland may be able to move the second reading of the County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Bill on Friday week. But with regard to the course of other measures specially relating to Ireland which have been introduced by the Government, that must mainly depend upon the progress of the general Business of the House; and if that should be to some extent facilitated by the hon. and gallant Member, and two or three other Members of the Party with which I understand he has some official connection, I should hope to give him more definite information on the point than I am at present able to afford.