§ MR. DILLONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Land Commission was consulted by the Irish Government as to the provisions of the Tithe Rent-Charge Bill and the condition of the Church Fund before the Bill was introduced; whether any correspondence has passed between the Treasury, the Land Commission, and the Irish Government on this subject; if; any correspondence has passed, whether he will lay it upon the Table of the House.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe Land Commission, as such, has not been formally consulted by the Irish Government on the Tithe Rent charge Bill, but full information has been placed at the disposal of the Irish Government by the office of the Land Commission. All communications that have passed on this subject are of a confidential character, and I cannot consent to lay them on the table of the House.