§ MR. PATRICK MARTINasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Have any suggestions been made by the Irish Land Commissioners to the Irish Executive in respect to the complete dead lock which has taken place in the operation of the Purchase Clauses in the Land Act of 1881; has any draft Bill which proposes to remove the obstacles which prevent the efficient working of the Purchase Clauses been prepared by one of the Land Commissioners and submitted for the consideration of the Irish Government, and has any Correspondence taken place between any members of the Irish Government and any member of the Land Commission in respect to the preparation of a Bill of this character; and, will he have any objection to lay Copies of such suggestions or Correspondence upon the Table of the House?
§ MR CAMPBELL-BANNERMANCommunications have passed between the Land Commissioners and the Irish Government on the subject of the Purchase Clauses of the Land Act, and proposals in reference thereto have been made by the Commissioners; but such communications and proposals are essentially of a confidential nature, and not such as should be laid on the Table.