MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the order which was submitted by the Judges of the Court of Bankruptcy in Ireland to the Lord Chancellor for approval to empower the official assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy in Ireland to act as official liquidators of public companies did, when first submitted by the Judges of the Court of Bankruptcy, also provide for empowering the official assignees to act in any other capacities than official liquidators; and, if so, in what other capacities?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURAny communications that may have passed between the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and the Judges of the Court of Bankruptcy in reference to the framing of the proposed Order before its publication in the Gazette must be regarded as confidential, and therefore I cannot give the hon. Member the information which he desires.