HC Deb 09 May 1884 vol 287 cc1854-5
MR. T. A. DICKSON

I would ask the Chief Secretary if there is any foundation for the statement which appears in several of the Irish papers, that the Government have decided to postpone the Purchase Clauses Bill until the 11th of June; and if it is intended to introduce the Bill before the adjournment for the Whitsun holidays?

MR. TREVELYAN

There is no foundation whatever for the report, which only reached my eyes through an allusion to it in a leading article in The Daily Express.I have every reason to believe that the Bill shall be introduced before the Whitsuntide holidays; and as far as the preparation of the Bill is concerned, that can be no obstacle at all.