§ MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick's)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, inasmuch as an unrepealed Act still remains upon the Statute Book which empowers the Government to maintain any Member who applies to have payment made him, and pending the Resolution for Payment of Members becoming law, the Government intend to put this Act into force for such Members as may make application; whether the Government will introduce a Bill to bring this Parliament into similar practice with its own Colonies, as shown in the Return furnished by the Governors of Newfoundland, Natal, Cape of Good Hope, South Australia, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Canada, and Tasmania regarding the Payment of Members, which is customary in most Constitutionally-governed countries; and whether the Government will consider the arrangement of free passes on railways, a system generally prevailing outside the United Kingdom?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir W. HARCOURT,) DerbyI stated my views on this subject in the Debate on the 24th March, and I have nothing to add to that statement.