§ Order for Second Reading read.
616§ Motion made and Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a second time."
§ MR. CALDWELL (Lanarkshire, Mid)There is a sum of no less than £23,189 which is to be wiped off in respect of local loans given to the people of Ireland. The corresponding amount in Scotland is £137. Ten persons alone take £3,000, and a great many have got the whole of their sums wiped off. The only wonder is that anybody in Ireland thinks of repaying any loans at all. It is very unfair that while some people repay the money, other people get let off. I think some little explanation is required, and perhaps it will be given.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Bill read a second time, and committed for Monday next.