HC Deb 28 March 1881 vol 260 cc12-3
SIR HERVEY BRUCE

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Having regard to the serious charges made against many persons in the first volume of the Evidence given before Lord Bessborough's Commission, when the second volume, which it is understood will contain contradictions and explanations, will be printed?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

Sir, I am as anxious as anyone can be to get the second volume of Evidence out as soon as possible, and I have done all I could with that object; but the matter rests with the printer in Dublin. He promises that the volume will be completed and ready to be despatched from Dublin next Thursday. Of course, it will be circulated, immediately on the receipt of it, at the Stationery Office here.

MR. PLUNKET

asked the right hon. Gentleman when the index would be issued?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

said, he hoped the index would be out soon; but he could not say exactly when. A digest of the evidence of each witness was published in the second volume.