§ 44. Mr. ORMSBY-GOREasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the promised Bill to guarantee the principal and interest of the Irish Free State bonds in connection with the completion of land purchase in the Irish Free State will be introduced; and whether the Bill will require a Resolution in Committee of Ways and Means?
Mr. THOMASHis Majesty's Government are not yet in a position to announce a definite date for the introduction of the Irish Free State Land Purchase Loan (Guarantee) Bill. The reply to the second part of the question is in the affirmative.
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREWill the right hon. Gentleman give an undertaking that it will not be indefinitely postponed, in view of the importance to a considerable number of people, tenants and landlords, of the speeding-up of the machinery for the completion of land settlement?