§ MR. T. D. SULLIVAN (Donegal, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will lay upon the Table of the House the memorial of the Glebe Loan borrowers of Ireland presented to him last December, together with the reply of the Lords of the Treasury, and the answer thereto submitting proposals, invited by their Lordships, from the Most Rev. Dr. Healy, Bishop of Clonfert; and whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to submit any proposals for amending the Glebe Loan Act before the conclusion of the present Session; if so, will he please state the nature of the Amendments likely to be proposed?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND (Mr. GERALD W. BALFOUR,) Leeds, CentralThere would be no objection to laying on the Table a copy of the Memorial referred to, and of the letter written by the Irish Government on the 6th May to the Bishop of Clonfert, which conveyed the views of the Treasury in the matter, but no proposals have been sub- 325 mitted to Government by the bishop as stated in the Question. It is not the intention of the Government to introduce any proposals having for their object an amendment of the Glebe Loan Act.