§ MR. NANNETTII beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received a, resolution passed at the Irish Trades Congress, stating that the time has arrived when the Irish railways should be owned and worked by the State in the interest of the taxpayers, the travelling public, and the commercial and agricultural community; and whether, with this object, he will advise the Government to appoint a special Commission to sit and examine witnesses in Ireland with a view of reporting to Parliament on this question.
§ MR. WYNDHAMNo, Sir.