§ Colonel GRETTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if the question of a loan either from the British Exchequer or guaranteed by the British Government for the use of the Irish Free State was discussed by him during his recent visit to Dublin; and, if so, with what result?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GORENo, Sir; no request has been made by the Free State Government to His Majesty's Govern- 737W ment, either direct or through me, for a loan or for a guarantee, nor did I discuss such a proposition in any way.