§ MR. HEMPHILL (Tyrone, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutentant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the far reaching effect upon the security of loan fund debentures in Ireland by reason of its having been recently decided that all remedy on loan fund notes, which were then current and unpaid and rendered valid by The Charitable Loans Society Act, 1900, are barred by the six months limitation imposed by The Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, Section 10, Subsection 4; and whether it is his intention to introduce a Bill this session to remedy this omission in the Charitable Loans Society Act of 1900.
(Answered by Mr. Atkinson.) An amending Bill with the object stated in the Question has been drafted, and I should be prepared to introduce it upon receiving an assurance from hon. Members that it will be treated as a non-contentious measure.