§ MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAMI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will take into consideration the question of granting loans out of the money now in the hands of the Department of Agriculture and Technical 205 Instruction in order to aid and improve existing industries in Irish towns and villages, and so enable small woollen and other manufacturers to procure modern machinery and successfully meet the foreign competition, such machinery to remain the property of the Department until the loan has been repaid.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe question of aiding small woollen industries by way of loan for the purchase of machinery has been under consideration, but the Department is advised that further legislation would be necessary to bring this purpose within the scope of its powers.