§ MR. S. WOODSI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, whether he is aware that there is a strong feeling in Ireland in Government printing departments that the terms of reference in respect to the Select Committee to be appointed to inquire into Government printing contracts should extend to Ireland as well as England; and, whether he would be prepared to extend the scope of reference for such a purpose?
§ *THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Sir JOHN HIBBERT, Oldham)The terms of the reference to the Select 1545 Committee already include all Stationery Office printing contracts, whether in England or Ireland. I may add that I have received through my hon. Friend the Member for the St. Patrick's Division of Dublin a request from the Dublin branch of the Bookbinders' and Machine Rulers' Consolidated Union that, the printing contract of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland should be included in the forthcoming Inquiry, and I have replied that there is no objection to this proposal.