SIR JOHN JENKINS&c.) (Carmarthen, asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether the Government intend to bring in a Bill similar to "The Land Purchase (Ireland) Act, 1885," which will afford to the tenant farmers of Wales the same facilities for acquiring their holdings on fair terms which are now possessed by the Irish people; and, whether the Government propose to bring in a Bill similar to the Labourers (Ireland) Acts 1883 and 1885, which will enable Boards of Guardians in Wales to provide homes and plots of land for agricultural labourers, by means of loans granted by the Treasury at reasonable but low rates of interest?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE) (Edinburgh, Mid Lothian)No intention has been formed by the Government for making either of the two proposals which are suggested.