§ MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will, before the forthcoming debate on arterial drainage, cause to be circulated amongst the Parliamentary Papers the instructions to, and other correspondence with, Sir William Binnie, who has been commissioned to report on the Lough Neagh drainage question.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe only instructions to Sir Alexander Binnie in this matter are contained in a letter addressed by the Irish Government to him on April 25th. His reply, dated May 1st, completes the correspondence. I have sent copies of these letters to the hon. Member; it is not at present proposed to lay them on the Table.
§ MR. MACVEAGHSeeing that the Treasury gave the instructions to Sir William Binnie will it not pay the expense instead of placing it on Irish funds?
§ MR. WALTER LONGIt will be paid out of the Development Grant.