HC Deb 09 June 1890 vol 345 cc319-20
MR. ATKINSON (Boston)

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any appointment or authorisation has been made of a representative of this country at the Vatican; and what is the nature of the agreement made with the Pope respecting mixed marriages at Malta?

THE UNDERSECRETARY or STATE FOR FOREIGN AFF AIRS (Sir J. FERGUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.

1. No such ap pointmont or authorisation has been made since the termination of Sir Lintorn Simmon's Special Mission. 2. The Agreement has been laid upon the Table very recently, and I have also explained it in detail.