EARL of KERRYasked if the Prime Minister will state on whose advice the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland now acts in exercising control and making regulations under Section 23 (8) of the Land Purchase Act, 1903; whether this matter is provided for in the Government of Ireland Bill; and, if so, whether the Lord Lieutenant will in future exercise his powers under this Section on the advice of the Imperial or of the Irish Ministers?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Lord Lieutenant, if he is not himself a member of the Cabinet, acts on the advice of a responsible Minister, and, after the passing of the Bill, will continue to act on the advice of a Minister responsible to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The matter is provided for in Clause 4 of the Bill.