§ SIR JAMES CORRY (Armagh, Mid)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If the Government will introduce a Bill early in the next Session to give effect to the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Irish Public Works, in regard to the construction of light railways, including the proposal made by the Commission, in Clause 49 of their Second Report, that the Government should guarantee 3 per cent on the cost and equipment of properly certified lines?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)In answer to my hon. Friend, I regret that it is not possible for me to state at what period of next Session the Government will introduce a Bill to give effect to the recommendations of the Royal Commission in regard to railways and harbours. This must necessarily wait until the proposals which the Government have already made, based on the Commissioners' 1010 early Report with respect to drainage, are dealt with by the House.