HC Deb 03 July 1882 vol 271 cc1253-4
MR. BRODRICK

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ire- land, Whether, in view of the necessity of keeping judges free from all suspicion of bias towards former and future clients, the Government have communicated with Mr. Wylie as to his retention of the office of Sub-Commissioner in county Tyrone, the county from which a substantial part of his professional business came; and, whether the Government will take steps to remove this grave cause of alarm and criticism as to the judicial working of the Land Act?

MR. TREVELYAN

Sir, the hon. Member for Portarlington (Mr. Fitz-patrick) also has a Question on the Paper referring to this matter. I have received a letter from Mr. Litton, writing on behalf of the Commission, which is too long to read at Question time, though it sums up the views of the Commission in a clear and concise manner. I have already laid it upon the Table of the House, and it will be in hon. Members' hands very shortly.