§ MR. HAYDENI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has seen the report of a case in which an application was made for a warrant for the removal of an old woman named Gordon to a Galway Union to which it was alleged she belonged, although it was stated that she had been in this country for 40 years; and whether any similar power exists for the transference of English paupers to their native place from Irish Unions; if not, whether steps will be taken to assimilate the law in this respect between the two countries?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREI have not seen any report of the case referred to. There is at present no power to remove paupers from Ireland to England, corresponding to the power to remove them from England to Ireland. I understand that the question of amendment of the law on the subject is under the consideration of the Irish Secretary.