§ MR. WILLIAM KENNY (Dublin, St. Stephen's Green)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether the Secretary of the General Post Office, Dublin, has issued instructions to suburban post offices in Dublin embodying the reply to be given to depositors in the Post Office Savings Banks who might apply for information as to the future security for 516 their deposits, or who might demand withdrawal forms; if these instructions have been issued since the introduction of the Home Rule Bill; and if he will state the terms of the reply referred to in the instructions?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. A. MORLEY,) Nottingham, E.No instructions have been issued such as those referred to in this question. The position of depositors in the Savings Bank in Ireland is unaltered until the Irish Government Bill passes into law, and by the provisions of the Bill six months' notice is given to depositors, during which period they can, if they so desire, have the full amount of their deposits paid to them or transferred to the Post Office Savings Bank in Great Britain.
MR. T. M. HEALYMay I ask whether the right hon. Gentleman can ascertain how these cock-and-bull stories get into the minds of certain hon. Members?
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!