§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he is yet in a position to state the intentions of the Government with regard to the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Drainage of the River Barrow?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)The hon. Member must be under some mistake. The Royal Commission has made no recommendation on the subject.
§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORI am speaking of the Royal Commission which reported last year.
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHOh! That was not a Royal Commission at all. I thought the hon. Member referred to the Commission now sitting, to which, last Session, I stated that this question would be referred. The previous Commission reported and made recommendations, to which the Government did not feel able to give effect.
§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORAre we to understand that the Report of the Commission, which was appointed by the Lord Lieutenant last year, which sat for several months, took evidence and made recommendations, has now been referred to another Commission?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHThat is so, Sir, for the simple reason that we have not been able to carry out their recommendations.