§ MR. BRODRICK (for Mr. BIDDELL)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, in the Arrears of Rent (Ireland) Bill, he will deal with the cases of families who are rendered destitute by the fathers having been murdered because they paid their rent?
MR. GLADSTONEThis I understand to be really an appeal for some assistance, under peculiar circumstances, to the surviving representatives of particular persons. I would rather not give an opinion on that subject without consulting the Government of Ireland; but I am quite clear that it is not in any way germane to the Bill for dealing 957 with arrears of rent, and should be considered apart from it.
§ MR. BRODRICKIn consequence of the answer, I beg to give Notice that upon the second reading of the Bill I shall call attention to the injustice of the Government in this matter.