HC Deb 18 July 1890 vol 347 cc208-9
DR. TANNER

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, at the recent sitting of the Land Commission in Cork on the 3rd instant, Mr. Commissioner Wrench is correctly reported to have said, while hearing a fair rent appeal in the case of M'Grath, tenant, and Bullen landlord, addressing the tenant— You are a very wise man to get your grass seeds from England. If more tenants did that they would get better grass. It will pay you well to get your seeds from England; and whether intimation will be conveyed to Mr. Wrench, that language such as that quoted is likely to do great mischief to the Irish seed trade?

MR. MADDEN

I must ask the hon. Gentleman to postpone the question.

DR. TANNER

The question is an important one, and I will put it down for Monday.