MR. P. MARTINasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether he expects to be enabled to have the Bill in respect to Intermediate Education in Ireland, referred to in Her Majesty's Speech, introduced and printed before the Easter Recess, so as to enable the provisions of that Bill to be discussed and considered in Ireland during the Recess; and, if so, on what day he anticipates the Bill can be introduced?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERSir, as I stated the other day, in reply to a Question put to me by the hon. Member for Limerick (Mr. O'Shaughnessy), I think that after all that has passed in this House respecting the Grand Jury Bill, it would not be right to allow any other Government Bill relating to Ireland to take precedence of that measure. Having regard, therefore, to the position in which the Grand Jury Bill now stands and to the present condition of Business generally, I am afraid I cannot enter just now into any definite engagement in the sense suggested by the hon. and learned Gentleman, since it is not, as a rule, desirable that Bills should be introduced until there is a probability of their being proceeded with within a reasonable time.