§ MR. D. KILBRIDE (Galway, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with reference to the letter of the Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh which appeared in the Freeman's Journal of 9th March last, whether he can now say if he will consider the desirability of reconstituting the Queen's College at Galway on lines that will allow Roman Catholics to enter without strain of conscience; and whether, considering that the counties of Galway and Mayo, apart from the other western counties, have a population of considerably upwards of 400,000, he will so reconstitute the college as to enable the Catholics of Connaught to take advantage of the educational facilities which the late Sir Robert Peel intended for them?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Question of the hon. Member raises a large issue of policy which I cannot undertake to deal with in reply to a Question.
§ In answer to Mr. DILLON.
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURsaid: I do not think that we shall be able, in the course of the present Session, to give any information with respect to the subject-matter of the Question down upon the Paper.
§ MR. KILBRIDEDid not the right hon. Gentleman say in March that he would answer the Question on a future day?
§ [No answer was given.]