HC Deb 10 March 1885 vol 295 cc609-10
MR. GRAY

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Will he inquire whether the preparation of the Voters' Lists under the new Franchise Act will be entrusted in Dublin to the Acting Collector General and the collectors of rates; and, whether that staff is thus constituted: Dr. Kennedy. Acting Collector General, a Freemason and a Protestant; Collectors:—F. Buckley, Freemason and Protestant; H. Hughes, Protestant; W. Westerup, Freemason and Protestant; E. G. Cotter, Protestant; J. F. Crofton, Freemason and Protestant; H. Wilkinson, Protestant; E. Hendry, Protestant; H. Dowman, Protestant; and H. M'Intyre, Roman Catholic?

MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

I understand that the duty of preparing these voters' lists—which will subsequently be revised by the Revising Barristers—will, in Dublin, devolve on the Collector General. The Government have full confidence that the work will be done impartially. I have no knowledge of the religious belief of the members of the staff of the Collector General's Department.