§ MR. W. JOHNSTONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if his attention has been called to a Bill now on the Order Book of the House of Commons, entitled a Bill to abolish disabilities still affecting Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom; and what steps the Government intend to take with regard to this proposal to repeal 11 sections of the Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1829, and to make it lawful for Jesuits, and other communities of the Roman Catholic Church, to reside in the United Kingdom, and to take and acquire property therein, and to free them from existing restraints and disabilities?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (for the FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY)There appears to be no reason for any Government action in anticipation of the Measure referred to by my honourable Friend.