§ ME. BRYCE (Aberdeen, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Governing Board of Trinity College, Dublin, have recently applied to His Majesty's Government for authority by means of a King's Letter to confer degrees upon women; if so, whether that request has been refused; and, if so, what are the grounds of that refusal.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The request mentioned has been made. It has not been refused, but some technical difficulties have arisen on the construction of the College Statutes which have caused delay. I have every hope, however, that the matter will soon be satisfactorily arranged.