§ MR. P. C. DOOGAN (Tyrone, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the proposed Bill to amend the Irish Education Act of 1892 will make provisions for extending the Act to the whole of Ireland, for enabling justices, as in England, to punish refractory children or to send incorrigible ones to a reformatory, and for defraying the whole cost incurred in carrying out the compulsory clauses out of the Imperial Treasury, and not, as at present, out of the local rates; and, if he can now state when he will be in a position to introduce the Bill.
§ *MR. GERALD BALFOURPressure of other business has caused delay in 1009 connection with the Irish Education Bill. I am unable at present to name a day on which the Bill will be introduced, but due notice will be given to hon. Members opposite.