HC Deb 24 February 1896 vol 37 cc922-3
MR. W. FIELD

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether the Government will introduce a Bill this Session to prevent the deportation of paupers into Ireland who have spent their lives and given their labour to districts in Great Britain?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

I am not at present in a position to say whether I shall be able this Session to introduce legislation in the direction suggested, as the matter is now the subject of communications between the authorities in Ireland, England and Scotland, and must await the result of these communications.