HC Deb 18 December 1906 vol 167 cc1282-3
MR. BRIGG

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will authorise, as far as possible, the employment of natives of Ireland in official positions in that country instead of strangers.

MR. BRYCE

I am quite in sympathy with my hon. friend's evident desire that Irishmen should have full opportunities of finding a career in their own country. But if, for example, a Yorkshire man should be found to be the most fitting candidate for a certain post in Ireland, my hon. friend would scarcely say that he should be debarred because of his place of birth. My hon. friend will agree with me in thinking that it would be a great misfortune for England were she not to receive the benefit of the services of Irishmen and Scotsmen.