§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether, considering the extreme depression and the advantage being taken of it by evicting landlords in furthering evictions to promote exasperation and foment discontent, the Government will direct 261 the attention of the County Court and other Judges in Ireland to their powers to stay execution in all cases of evictions for arrears of exorbitant rent under Section 9 of the Irish Laud Act of 1870, where injustice or hardship may be inflicted upon the tenant by its immediate issue, as has been done recently by Mr. Waters, Q.C., the County Court Judge for the county of Waterford?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. STANSFELD) (Halifax)(who replied) said: The Executive Government have no control over the Judges, and no power to make any suggestion as to the mode in which they should exercise their judicial functions.
§ DR. TANNERAm I to understand that the Government cannot practically give any recommendation to the County Court Judges or other Judges that they should act in the manner indicated under the circumstances?
§ MR. STANSFELDClearly it does not require an Irish Secretary to say that such a proceeding would be entirely out of order. The first principle of our jurisprudence is that Judges are independent.