§ MR. PINKERTON (Galway)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if it is the intention of the Government to proceed with the Light Railways (Ireland) Bill; and, if so, will an early opportunity be given to discuss that measure; and, when the 1819 Select Committee will be appointed on the Bann Drainage Bill?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURIt will be more convenient that my right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Treasury should answer this question, when he answers a question on the same subject by the hon. and gallant Member for North Galway (Colonel Nolan). With regard to the Bann Drainage Bill, I may say that some progress has been made in the selection of names.
§ MR. W. MACDONALD (Queen's County, Ossory)The Barrow Drainage Bill stands as the eighth Order to-day. Will it be taken to-night, if it is intended to take it at all this Session? If so, will due information be given to those who are interested in the measure?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURIt is not intended to take it to-night, but the Drainage Bills will be taken in the order in which they stand on the Paper. I confess that the hope of taking it is much less than it was some time ago. The opposition below the Gangway is much more expressed than it was.