§ MR. SEXTONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he is in a position to state the terms of Reference to the Royal Commission on Financial Relations between Great Britain and Ireland, in connection with the policy of Home Rule; and when it is intended to issue the Commission?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE,) Edinburgh, MidlothianWith reference to the time of issuing the Commission, it may properly be issued early in the coming year. With regard to the terms of Reference, we are not prepared at the present moment to give them; but I think I may engage to say that they will be sufficiently comprehensive.