§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, if he has received a copy of the Resolution unanimously adopted, on the Motion of Sir Rowland Fanning, J. P., by the Bray Town Commissioners, calling upon the Government to introduce a Bill with the object of establishing in Ireland a system of local government similar to that which already exists in England; and, whether it is the intention of the Government to bring in such a Bill; and, if so, when?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Resolution referred to has been received. I must refer the hon. Member to the statement made by me in reply to the similar Question put to me on the 2nd March, to the effect that the matter would no doubt engage the attention of the Government, but that I was not yet in a position to give any pledge in the matter.