§ MR. WALTER LONGTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he would lay upon the Table copies of the resolution and correspondence which have passed between the Government and the Board of Intermediate Education with reference to the teaching of Irish in the schools.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The right hon. Gentleman's long official experience will have made him aware that it would not be in accordance with practice to lay upon the Table copies of the correspondence which has passed between the Government and any Department or Board, and quite irregular to do so while the correspondence is still incomplete.