§ 40. Mr. MacCAWasked whether, under the provisions of the Government of Ireland Bill, the Irish Parliament could pass a law permitting women to be nominated to the Irish Senate and elected to the Irish House of Commons; and, if so, would such women Members of the Irish House of Commons be eligible to be summoned to the British House of Commons under the provisions of Clause 26 of the Government of Ireland Bill?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. The second part of the question does not therefore arise.