MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Government will proceed with the Measure which proposed to endow a system of agricultural and technical training under the control of an Irish department; whether the Government will consider the desirability of including the promised provisions for technical instruction in the Bill already introduced, instead of dealing with it by a subsidiary Bill; and, whether the sum provided from Imperial funds in this year's Budget will be so utilised without delay?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe Agricultural and Industries (Ireland) Bill has already been withdrawn, and it was publicly stated by the First Lord of the Treasury that the proposed Measure dealing with technical education in Ireland would not be proceeded with.