§ MR. CLANCYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the Report of Mr. W. P. O'Brien to the Labour Commission on the condition of Irish agricultural labourers, and especially to the portion of that Report which deals with the delays incident to the carrying out of the Irish Labourers' Acts; and whether he will consider the propriety and expediency of taking an early opportunity of proposing legislation to diminish not only the delays referred to, but the expense attendant on 1359 the investigations preliminary to the erection of labourers' cottages?
MR. J. MORLEYI have read the Reports submitted to the Labour Commission both by Mr. O'Brien and by Mr. Richards. The suggestions for making the procedure at once quicker and less costly seem to have much evidence in their favour. I hope to have an occasion very shortly of giving personal consideration to the subject, and examining whether, even without legislation, something cannot be done by different administrative practice.