HC Deb 21 April 1896 vol 39 cc1377-8
MR. CAREW

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury (1) whether his attention has been called to an appeal circulated by the Rev. Dr. Kane in connection with the opening of the, Christ Church Schools, Belfast, in which he calls for support in commemoration of the struggle for the Constitution by the men of the eighties against the forces of sedition and anarchy; and, (2) whether the school in question receives any support from public money?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

My attention has been called to the appeal referred to in the first paragraph, and I understand that the schools in question are National Schools. The matter, I believe, is now under the consideration of the Commissioners of National Education.

MR. W. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)

asked whether the right hon. Gentleman was aware that Her Majesty the Queen had given her consent to the proposal that the building should be called the Queen Victoria Schools and Lecture Hall?

*MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that Dr. Kane made use of Her Majesty's name in. a very inflammatory advertisement, and whether it was with Her Majesty's knowledge and consent her name was so used to stir up angry feelings amongst Her Majesty's Irish subjects?

*MR. SPEAKER

Order, order!

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

I believe it is a fact that these schools have been called after Her Majesty.