§ Bill, as amended, considered.
§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Longford, N.)I should like to put a Question to the hon. Baronet in charge of the Bill (Sir John Lubbock) on a matter with regard to which I spoke to him some time ago. In the commencement of the Bill it says that the provisions shall not apply to Scotland or Ireland; but when I applied to the hon. Baronet, I did not gather from him that he was opposed to their being so extended. I would now ask the hon. Baronet and the Government, whether they do not think that the provisions could be extended to Ireland? Perhaps the Irish Attorney General will give us a guarantee that he will consider the matter, and, if he sees no harm in the extension I propose, will see that 1740 it is effected. The Bill is a non-contentious one, and if it can be extended to Ireland it will be as well for the House to extend it.
§ SIR JOHN LUBBOCK (London University)I proposed to the hon. Gentleman the Member for Derry, whose name is on the back of the Bill, that the Bill should be extended to Ireland. That hon. Member, however, did not think it necessary. For my own part I should have been glad to do so.
§ Amendments made.
§ SIR JOHN LUBBOCKThe Amendments we have agreed to have not been in any way contentious; therefore, I would now ask the House to allow us to take the third reading.
§ Motion made, and Question, "That the Bill be now read the third time."— (Sir John Lubbock.)
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill read the third time, and passed.