§ MR. WOOTTON ISAACSON (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether any landlord in Ireland, before evicting a tenant, is legally obliged to give notice to the relieving officer of his intention to evict; whether the relieving officer is legally obliged to provide necessary food and lodging, and means of conveyance, for every person so evicted; and, whether such provision was made for the persons recently evicted in the Vale of Glenbeigh?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)A landlord is bound, before evicting from a holding where there is a dwelling-house on the land, to give not less than 48 hours' notice to the relieving officer. Such notice was, I am informed, duly given in the Glenbeigh case. Any person becoming destitute by being dispossessed may apply to the relieving officer for relief; and the relieving officer, upon the receipt of such application, is bound to make temporary provision for the wants of the applicants, and means of conveyance to the workhouse if necessary. In the Glenbeigh case the relieving officer was directed to afford relief in cases of destitution, and to be vigilant in attending to urgent cases of distress.
§ MR. SEXTON (Belfast, W.)asked if the right hon. Gentleman could say whether the relieving officer carried out the instructions?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHsaid, the relieving officer was the officer of the Local Government Board, to whom the Question should be addressed.