§ MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if the undertaking, given by his predecessor on the Third Beading of the Dublin Corporation Bill last session,† has been complied with in reference to communicating the intentions of the Government to the corporation before November with regard to the introduction of an Equalisation of Bates Bill as between Dublin City and the townships of Rathmines and Pembroke in the form recommended by the Joint Committee of Lords and Commons last session.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMNo, Sir. So soon as I arrived in Dublin after appointment to my present post I conveyed to the Corporation of Dublin an expression of regret that it had proved impossible to fulfil the undertaking owing to the General Election and changes in the Government. The Lord Mayor was good enough to accept the reasonableness of that explanation, and I am in communication with him on the subject.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that it was on the assurance of the then Chief Secretary that the Corporation Bill was allowed to pass?
§ * MR. WYNDHAMI do not derive that impression from studying the debate.