§ Order for Committee read.
§ Motion made, and Question, "That Mr. Deputy Speaker do now leave the Chair,"—(Sir William Harcourt,)—put, and agreed to.
§ Matter considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, of an increase of Pay of certain members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and the Dublin Metropolitan Police Forces, and of an increase in their Pensions, and of Pensions, Gratuities, and Allowances for their widows and children in certain cases; also the payment, in certain cases, of deputies for the Divisional Justices of the Dublin Metropolitan Police District; and that it is expedient to amend the Acts regulating the Constabulary and Police in Ireland.
§ MR. SEXTONsaid, he must ask Her Majesty's Government for full information as to the details of the Bill it was proposed to introduce upon this Resolution, and also to state to what extent the Bill would entail a burden on the Public Revenue?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT, in reply, said, the request of the hon. Member (Mr. Sexton) was entirely reasonable; and the Government would, take care that no progress was made with the Bill until full explanation had been given on the subjects referred to. The hon. Member would understand that, in the absence of his right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he (Sir William Harcourt) was not in a position to furnish the details of the Government proposal. The present stage, as the hon. Member would be aware, was purely formal.
§ MR. SEXTONWill it be considered expedient to give the desired information on the first reading of the Bill.
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURTThat will be done.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Resolution to be reported To-morrow.