HC Deb 18 May 1900 vol 83 cc589-90
MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

On behalf of the hon. Member for East Mayo, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will grant the Return which appears on the Paper to-day in the name of the hon. Member for East Mayo.

MR. G. W. BALFOUR

The notes of the evidence taken at the two inquiries referred to form a very voluminous document, extending to upwards of 300 pages of type-written matter. The cost of printing the notes would be considerable, and there does not seem to be any special reason for incurring this expense in regard to a. matter which is merely of local interest, more especially as the notes have already been forwarded by the Local Government Board to the lecal authority concerned. The transcript of the evidence taken at the second inquiry is at present with the Rural District Council.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

Will the right hon. Gentleman permit my hon. friend to see it?

MR. G. W. BALFOUR

I think there would be no objection to that.