§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Prime Minister, having regard to the urgency of the completion of land purchase in Ireland, admitted by the Government, and its importance as a means of increasing an industrial rural population there, whether the Government will this Session introduce an agreed non-contentious Bill on this subject, or allow such a Bill to be introduced by unofficial Members, with a view to its subsequent adoption if found to be non-contentious?
§ The PRIME MINISTERIn view of the prime necessity of subordinating all calls on the public funds to those involved in the prosecution of the War, the Government cannot consider any proposals at the present time for the extension of land purchase, however non-contentious they might be in other circumstances.