§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in view of the majority by which the Town Tenants (Ireland) Bill passed its Second Reading, of the fact that Irish Members of all political Parties voted for the Bill, and of the demand from Ireland that it should become law this session, he will provide time for passing the Bill through its remaining stages in this House.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThis is a private Bill, and the rule in regard to private Bills is that no special privileges can be granted towards the end of the session unless they are of an uncontentious character. I have no ground for supposing that that is true of the Bill in which the hon. Gentleman takes a special interest.