HC Deb 23 May 1881 vol 261 cc1050-1
MR. PARNELL

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Mr. G. A. H. Moore, of Moore Hall, county Mayo, has, since the rejection by the House of Lords of the Compensation for Disturbance Bill, evicted a number of tenants, and, amongst them, one named Stephen Loftus, of Ashbrook, Strard, Ballyvoy, Mayo, whose family numbers eleven, and the rent of whose holding was £8 15s., while the Poor Law Valuation is only £4 7s. 6d.; whether the holding has been in Loftus's possession and that of Ids forefathers for one hundred and ten years; whether he has been left by the eviction without any employment or means of living; and, whether he will consider the desirability of advising the insertion of such clauses in the Land Law (Ireland) Bill as will protect this class of tenants?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

I must ask the hon. Member to postpone this Ques- tion. I have not been able to get all the particulars. The man referred to was a sub-tenant, and he was evicted for non-payment of rent. There appear to have been five tenants and four subtenants.

MR. PARNELL

Does the right hon. Gentleman know whether Loftus was evicted by Mr. Moore, or by the tenant?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

That I cannot tell.