§ MR. LEA (Londonderry, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, since the Select Committee appointed last year on the Motion of the Government to inquire into the Charters of the Estates in Ireland of the Irish Society and the City Companies, and as to their trusts and obligations, unanimously
Recommended that a Committee upon the same subject should be appointed the next Session of Parliament,that Committee will, in accordance with usual practice, be appointed; and if the Government will move for its appointment at a sufficiently early date to allow time for the Committee to arrive at an effective Report?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Government quite recognise what was recommended by the Select Committee last Session, and are willing to enter into an obligation on the subject.