§ MAJOR JAMESONI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade why the memorial of the Irish lighthouse keepers on the subject of their grievances in the matter of pay and pension, etc., to the Board of Commissioners of Irish Lights has been kept for two years without an answer?
§ MR. RITCHIEI understand that the Commissioners of Irish Lights deferred the consideration of the memorial of the lighthouse keepers pending the Report of the Committee on the Mercantile Marine Fund, but that the Commissioners are now considering the matter.
§ MAJOR JAMESONDoes not the right hon. Gentleman consider that two years is too long a time for this investigation?
§ [No reply was given.]