HC Deb 02 June 1892 vol 5 cc463-4
DR. TANNER

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what is the number of cottages and allotments provided for labourers under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts for the province of Ulster?

*MR. JACKSON

Seventy-eight labourers' cottages have been authorised in the province of Ulster. Of these forty-five were completed on the 31st March last, and seventeen are in course of erection.

DR. TANNER

Might I ask the right hon. Gentleman in what proportion the labourers' cottages in Ulster stand with regard to the other three provinces?

*MR. JACKSON

I judge from these facts that in Ulster private enterprise is almost sufficient.

DR. TANNER

May I ask in what counties are cottages being erected?

*MR. JACKSON

The hon. Member did not put his question in that form, and I have not got the facts.