§ VISCOUNT TURNOUR (Sussex, Horsham)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will communicate to the House a full list of the protests which he has received from Universities and colleges in the United Kingdom against proceeding with the Irish University scheme upon the lines laid down by the late Chief Secretary.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. BIRRELL, Bristol, N.)I have received protests from the Senate of the University of Dublin, resident members of the University of Oxford, principals and professors of the Scottish Universities, of the University of Sheffield, the constituent colleges of the University of Wales, and of St. David's College, Lampeter, and from lecturers in the school of medicine of the Royal Colleges, Edinburgh. So far as English and Scottish University opinion was expressed in these protests, it was mainly 284 confined to that part of the proposal which related to a federated University.
§ * MR. KETTLE (Tyrone E.)Will the right hon. Gentleman give a list of the Irish educational associations and elective bodies which have given cordial support to the scheme outlined by Mr. Bryce?
§ MR. BIRRELLIt could be given, but I do not know of any advantage that accrues to one side or the other by the publication of these things.