§ MR. MULDOON (Wicklow, E.)I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the adjournment of Parliament on the 6th April last, consequent upon the resignation of the late Prime Minister, prevented the House of Commons discussing and reading a second time the Malicious Injuries (Ireland) Bill, which was the First Order on the 10th April; and whether, having regard to the circumstances under which the adjournment took place and its results, and to the importance attached 1670 in Ireland to an amendment of the law upon this subject, he can see his way to granting an early clay for the Second Reading of the Bill.
§ MR. ASQUITHHaving regard to the state of public business I regret that I am unable to give special facilities for the Bill in question.