§ VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGHI beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he will state the nature of the pledges that he has given to make Home Rule one of the living issues at the next general election, and whether he will give the House an opportunity of discussing his proposals.
§ MR. ASQUITHThe pledges which I have given on the subject on behalf of the Government are to be found in the debate this session on the Motion of the hon. Member for Waterford, and in answer to some later Questions. The whole matter was then fully discussed, and I see no reason for reopening it at this moment.
§ *VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGHasked whether the statement of Mr. Redmond at the Boston Conference that the right hon. Gentleman had given both public and private pledges that Home Rule would be one of the living issues at the next general election was correct.
§ MR. ASQUITHI have given no private pledges. My pledges have been public, and are to be found recorded in Hansard.