§ MR. WOOD (Down Co., E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can state in what position the question of the precedence of the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland now stands, and whether a decision may shortly be expected.
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. RITCHIE,) CroydonNo decision has yet been arrived at, but I am not losing sight of the question.
§ * MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)May I ask whether due consideration will be given to the unanimous resolution, passed by the Irish Unionist Party, in favour of placing the Moderator in the same position as the Primate of the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Archbishop.
§ * MR. RITCHIEDue consideration will be given to everything.