§ SIR T. ESMONDE (Kerry, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the nature of the reply received by the Irish Office to the inquiry addressed to the Irish officials in Dublin by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury relative to the amending of the Law affecting Irish Light Railways?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOE IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)I am not yet in a position to make any statement on the subject of this question. The matter is a complex one, and is still under consideration.