Sir Edward Carson dismissed Mr. Birrell's contention that the Imperial
Parliament would have " concurrent " authority with that in Dublin. "This Parliament won't dare to interfere with the Irish Parliament after it is set up. Moreover, you give them forty-two members in this House and back them up." After the Attorney-General had argued that the Government's plan would lead to less friction than the alternative proposal, the guillotine fell at 7.30, eight pages of amendments were passed over, and the discussion passed to the seventh paragraph of the second clause, which with- draws from the legislative functions of the Irish Parliament the general subject of external trade. Amendments proposed by Mr. Lough., who sought to secure some independent control for Ireland over her commercial relations with other countries, and by Mr. Bathurst, who wished to secure uniformity of legislation for the protection of cattle from disease in the two countries, were both negatived, and the guillotine again descended at 10.30.
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