§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has called for Returns from the Local Government Board in Ireland to lay before the English Royal Commission on Poor Law; when are these Returns likely to be required; and will his Department recoup the Irish Local Government Board for the expenses entailed in procuring the Returns indicated.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSThe hon. Member is, I think, under some misapprehension in this matter. I have not called for Returns from the Local Government Board for Ireland for the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, nor would any expenses incurred by that Board in relation to Returns obtained for the Commission be payable out of the Vote for my Department. I may add that the reference to the Royal Commission is not limited to England, but extends to the I United Kingdom.
§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYWill the right hon. Gentleman send a copy of that Answer to the President of the Irish Local Government Board?
§ MR. JOHN BURNSCertainly.