§ MR. DALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Mersey Docks Bill, which is to be read a Third time on Thursday, will seriously interfere with the shipment of cattle from Ireland to Liverpool; and whether he will take steps to prevent injury to one of the remaining industries of Ireland?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI know of nothing in this case which would justify the Irish Government in taking the very unusual course of opposing an English private Bill.
§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)asked the right hon. Gentleman whether, as this Bill was postponed for nearly a month, he would take the trouble to inform himself of the opinion of the ship-owners and those interested in the cattle trade of Ireland; and whether, if he found that the Bill would be detrimental to both, he would use his influence to prevent the passing of the Bill?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI cannot undertake to take action on such inquiry, and it has been ruled already, I believe, that the shipowners have no locus standi in the matter.