§ MR E. F. VESEY KNOX (Londonderry)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(1) whether his attention has been called to a passage in the Report of the Select Committee on Printing Contracts, in which the Committee report that some hesitation seems to have been at first felt as to whether other branches of Irish administration by the Local Government Board fell within the Resolution, but your Committee have no doubt they are 785 so included; (2) what are the branches of Irish administration referred to; and (3) what steps have been taken to see that the Resolution is carried out therein?
§ MR. HANBURYThere is a misquotation in the first paragraph of the hon. Member's Question. The words "by the Local Government Board," should be, "e.g., the Local Government Board." Even when correctly quoted the paragraph is inaccurate. The Department which disregarded the Resolution of the House of Commons in its contracts was the National Education Board. The Resolution must, of course, be observed by that body in future.