§ MR. SEXTON (Belfast, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the promised legislation on the Irish Land Question will include provisions in relief of the Purchasers under the Bright Clauses of the Land Act of 1870, or whether it is intended to deal with that part of the subject by an independent measure?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)I cannot state the details of proposed legislation on the Irish Land Question; but I have made no promise to deal with the case of the purchasers under the Bright Clauses of the Act of 1870, either in a general or in a special Bill.