§ MR. J. E. ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, having regard to the embarrassed condition of six of the Unions on the West Coast of Ireland, to relieve which the Distressed Unions Bill has been introduced, he will give an assurance that careful inquiry will be made into each case before any assistance to evict ten- 348 ants from their holdings is granted, with a view to ascertain whether the result of such eviction would be a fresh burden on the rates?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)(who replied) said: The Government have already stated to the House, on more than one occasion, that it is their duty to afford protection to Sheriffs engaged in the execution of processes of Courts of Law.