§ 50. Mr. BYRNEasked the Prime Minister if his attention has been drawn to the protest from all parts of Ireland against the present redistribution proposals; and if he will have them withdrawn, so as to prevent any possibility of the extension of the wider franchise to Ireland being endangered?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe answer is again in the negative.
§ Mr. MOONEYIf the answer is in the negative, may I ask whether the right hon. Gentleman has received any representations from Ireland against these proposals?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI really do not know what representations have been received by the Prime Minister. I have not myself received any.
§ Mr. MOONEYAre we to understand that public opinion in Ireland is conveyed to the right hon. Gentleman through the Department presided over by the senior Member for Dublin University?