§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the pledge he gave before the adjournment that Mr. Butler, Secretary of the Carlow Grand Jury, should either resign that appointment or his position as Valuer under the Land Act, has been carried out?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the hon. Member will find, if he refers to my answer, that he is under a slight misapprehension with regard to this matter. What I pledged myself to do was to 169 communicate to the Land Commissioners my view that Mr. Butler should be called on to resign one or other of the two appointments. I have accordingly done so on the part of the Government, and I can only express my regret that the Commissioners should have arrived at a determination to allow him to retain both offices.
§ MR. HEALYMight I ask whether this establishes a difference of opinion between the Irish Government and the Land Commissioners respecting the Court Valuers; whether the Land Commissioners think this gentleman ought to hold the two appointments, and the Irish Government think he should not?
§ MR. TREVELYANThere is a difference of opinion upon this point.