§ MR. P. A. M'HUGHI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to introduce thin year a Bill for the establishment and endowment of a Roman Catholic University in Ireland; have inquiries been made, as promised last year, regarding the establishment, endowment, and government of Continental Universities; and, if so, will Members be furnished with the information obtained; and, has he taken steps to ascertain the views of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland in relation to the form of constitution and government of the proposed Catholic University which their Lordships would be prepared to accept on behalf of the Roman Catholics of Ireland.
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (for the FIRST LORD of the TREASURY)I have nothing to add to the answer I gave on March 28th, to my honourable Friend the Member for South Belfast. In February last I informed the honourable Member for Hanley that a large number of replies had been received from foreign countries on the subject of the provision made for Roman Catholic Education in Universities, and that as soon as the number was completed they would be laid before the House in the form of a Parliamentary Return. I understand that the Return is only delayed by the non-receipt of the German reply.