§ MR. LABOUCHEREasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Schedule to the Compensation for Disturbance (Ireland) Bill is to be considered as final, or whether he will be prepared in Committee to add to that Schedule, should he be convinced from the arguments which he may hear, that further districts require to be added?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERMr. Speaker, the hon. Member asks me rather a curious Question. He asks me if I will commence by making an alteration in this Bill before it is read a second time. I hope that this Bill, and any Bill that a Minister has charge of, will not be altered under such circumstances. I must say, however, that he advanced a very strong argument; but I think I can show, when I bring in the measure, why its operation should be confined to the scheduled district where there is exceptional distress.