§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now prepared to give effect to the conditional promise made by the late right hon. W. H. Smith, M.P., to provide for the development of railway communication on the western mainland of Ross-shire?
§ * THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir W. HARCOURT,) DerbyI have nothing to add to the answer which I gave on March the 9th last year.
§ MR. WEIRWill the Government appoint a Committee to consider the question, as was done by the late Government?
§ SIR W. HARCOURTThe Government see no occasion for appointing another Committee.