§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)On behalf of the honourable Baronet the Member for West Kerry, I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he is in a position to state what steps he proposes to take with reference to the case of the Celtic gold ornaments that lately found their way into the British Museum?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)I propose to appoint a small Committee to investigate the subject.
§ LORD BALCARRES (Lancs, Chorley)Will it be a Departmental Committee?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYI do not think it would come under the definition of a Departmental Committee if by that is meant a Committee of permanent officials. It will be an independent Committee.