Mr. JOHN E. GORDONasked the Prime Minister whether, considering the larger interests affected in England, both as regards population and finance, by any alteration of legisltion and administration in Ireland, he will undertake to convey to the leaders of the majority of the Members from English Constituencies simultaneously all particulars of the Government's Irish Home Rule proposals for next Spring Session which it may be necessary to explain, directly or indirectly, to the leaders of the Irish majority in this House in advance of the production of the Bill itself?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe Government will exercise their own discretion in regard to all these matters.
Mr. JOHN E. GORDONasked the Prime Minister whether, before proceeding with the Irish Home Rule Bill, he will invite a clear expression of opinion as regards self-government for England from the leaders of the majority in the purely English constituencies in order that the relative claims of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland may not be mutually destructive, and in order that the will of the English majority may not be overpowered in England itself?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe answer is in the negative.