§ MR. LUNDON (Limerick, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the remarks publicly made by the Protestant Bishop of Limerick with reference to the scandal given and inconvenience caused to congregations on Sundays by motorists; and whether he proposes to take any steps to remedy the evils complained of.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe reply to the first inquiry is in the affirmative, and to the second in the negative.
§ MR. LUNDONDid the right hon. Gentleman in the course of his tour visit the Treaty Stone of Limerick, that monument of English perfidy?
§ MR. MACVEAGHIs he aware that the Bishop of Limerick especially complained of the motoring of the Chief Secretary himself, and that the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has also publicly denounced him for motoring on Sundays?
§ MR. WALTER LONGAs to the first Question of the hon. Member for South Down I take it it is a surmise.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLOh, no, I will send you the papers.
§ MR. WALTER LONGAs to the other, the hon. Member knows the exact facts and I have nothing to add to them.
§ MR. LUNDONNot the first time we have heard of the law makers being the chief law breakers.