§ MR. DILLONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that the Bill introduced and passed by the Government in 1900, dealing with the 410 Loan Fund system, contained no provision tending to secure more regular and business-like attention to their duties on the part of the treasurers and trustees of the Loan Fund Societies, he will say whether the Bill now drafted by the Attorney-General contains any such provisions.
§ MR. WYNDHAMIt is not proposed at this period of the session to introduce a Bill providing for a reform and reconstruction of the Loan Fund system, desirable as that may be, but only to remedy an error into which Loan Fund Societies have fallen through a mistaken view of the existing law.
§ MR. DILLONCan the right hon. Gentleman say why in the last few years no effort has been made to introduce a Bill to carry out the continuously made recommendations of the Local Loan Board?
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe hon. Member's own experience of the business of this House will, I think, supply an answer to the Question.