HC Deb 11 June 1883 vol 280 c228
MR. J. N. RICHARDSON

asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, in view of the great interest taken by many Irish Members upon the subject, and in view of the statement of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, when replying to a deputation which waited upon him on the 27th of April last:— That the Irish Government could never acquiesce in the Sale of Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Bill not being passed into Law this Session, he will provide an early opportunity for taking the judgment of the House upon the measure?

MR. GLADSTONE

Upon this question I am afraid I must remind the hon. Member that this Bill is a Bill competing with several others, but at the same time undoubtedly stands in that class of Bills which we are exceedingly desirous to see passed, and which we believe the House in general wishes to see passed. I therefore see no reason to doubt—and certainly no exertion will be wanting on the part of the Government—that the House will have an opportunity of giving a judgment on the subject.