§ MR. SEXTON(for Mr. W. J. CORBET) (Wicklow, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as President of the Irish Local Government Board, If he will give a Return showing the working of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts 1885–6, from the commencement up to the present time, giving the number of cottages erected, and the expenses connected therewith?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)Returns giving the information as to the working of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts up to the end of last March are already before the House in the Annual Report of the Local Government Board, and they will be continued to the end of the present month in the Board's next Annual Report, which is in course of preparation. Under these circumstances, the hon. Member will probably agree with me that nothing would be gained by laying a special Return on the Table.