HC Deb 22 March 1886 vol 303 c1478
MR. JOSEPH COWEN (Newcastle-on-Tyne)

asked the Secretary to the Treasury, If Her Majesty's Government knows, or has the means of ascertaining, the amount of money lent to Irish landlords by English Mortgage and Insurance Companies?

THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HENRY H. FOWLER) (Wolverhampton, E.)

The Treasury does not know, and has no means of ascertaining, the amount of money due from Irish landowners to English mortgage and insurance companies in respect of loans advanced by those companies.