§ Mr. MALCOLMasked whether the Home Rule proposals of the Government have been practically accepted by the Irish party; whether any such proposals have been communicated to the Nationalist party by him or his colleagues; and, if so, whether the same information will be submitted to Parliament forthwith?
Captain CRAIGasked whether the general lines of the Government's proposed Home Rule Bill have been divulged to any Member of the Nationalist party?
§ The PRIME MINISTERPerhaps I may be allowed to answer these questions at the same time. I am not sure that I am bound to reply to these questions, but it may allay the anxieties of the hon. Members if I say that the answer to them is in the negative.
Captain CRAIGMay I ask the Prime Minister whether, under the circumstances, the hon. Member for East Tyrone (Mr. W. A. Redmond) has sailed on a begging mission under false pretences?