§ MR. GRAYasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether he will be prepared to extend the Housing of the Working Classes Bill to Ireland?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR),in reply, said, the Bill was not a Government Bill, and it was not in his charge, but in the charge of the Home Secretary.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMEMT (Sir R. ASSHETON CROSS)said, the hon. Member would remember that the Commission which inquired into this matter, and on which he (Mr. Gray) took so important a part, did not inquire into the rural districts of Ireland. He did not know whether the Question of the hon. Member applied to towns.