§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the great importance of the subject to the whole of Ireland, he can see his way to reconsider his decision regarding the constitution of the Irish Poor Law Commission and appoint to it an independent member of the medical profession who is thoroughly conversant with the whole principles, honour, and interests of the Poor Law medical profession in Ireland.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The hon. Member is under a misapprehension. No vacancy exists in the Irish Poor Law Commission, which has now practically completed its labours. The vacancy which the hon. Gentleman has in mind is in the Royal Commission on the Poor Law for the United Kingdom, and, as to that, I would refer him to the reply given by the Prime Minister yesterday to the Question of the hon. Member for West Waterford.