§ MR. RATHBONE (Carnarvonshire, Arfon)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he will lay upon the Table of the House and print Mr. Tuke's Report on the Belief of Distress in the West of Ireland, undertaken by him at the request of the Government?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)Personally, I see no objection whatever to the Report referred to being presented, if the hon. Member wishes to move for it; but I feel some doubt to what extent I would be justified in regarding it as an official document at my disposal. As the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Newcastle-on-Tyne (Mr. John Morley) stated in this House on the 8th of March, Mr. Tuke undertook, at his request, a work of benevolence in the West of Ireland in connection with seed supply, and he afterwards communicated to the right hon. Gentleman a Report on his labours. I think, therefore, it is rather for the right hon. Gentleman than for me to answer this Question?
§ MR. JOHN MORLEY (Newcastle-on-Tyne)said, he thought it would be greatly to the advantage of the Public Service that the Report should be printed.