§ MR. GEORGE CLARK (Belfast, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, referring to the Question asked on 18th June last year with reference to what steps were being taken to confer upon the winter Assize Court at Belfast the jurisdiction necessary to enable such court to hear and determine Civil Bill Appeals, and to the Answer of the Chief Secretary, he will say if it is the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill to confer the necessary jurisdiction before the sitting of the next winter Assize Court, viz., in December of this year.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) It has not yet been found possible to carry into effect the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill on this subject. The matter will not be lost sight of, but I am not in a position to promise that the necessary legislation will be introduced during the current session.