HC Deb 27 June 1905 vol 148 cc263-4
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 LONG

The reply to the first inquiry is in the affirmative, and to the second in the negative.

MR. LUNDON

Did the right hon. Gentleman in the course of his tour visit the Treaty Stone of Limerick, that monument of English perfidy?

MR. MACVEAGH

Is 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 LONG

As to the first Question of the hon. Member for South Down I take it it is a surmise.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

Oh, no, I will send you the papers.

MR. WALTER LONG

As to the other, the hon. Member knows the exact facts and I have nothing to add to them.

MR. LUNDON

Not the first time we have heard of the law makers being the chief law breakers.