§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he can state if any official records are available as to the views held in 1884 by the late Marquess of Salisbury and the late Sir Stafford Northcote on the subject of the reduction of the Irish 1186 representation below the number fixed by the Act of Union.
§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)I am not aware of any official record of this matter.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that in 1885, when it was proposed to reduce the Irish representation by ten, it was opposed by Sir Stafford Northcote and the Tory Party?
§ MB. A. J. BALFOURI do not see that that has anything to do with the Question on the Paper.