COLONEL NOLANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if the Government would early next Session introduce a small equalising Bill, which would enable the Irish labourer and others to obtain those facilities for holding small plots of ground which are at present, or will be at the close of the Session, enjoyed by the same classes in England, through the various Allotment Acts and Allotment Clauses?
§ MR. BRYCE (for Mr. J. MORLET)I answered a similar question to this last week, and I am afraid I can only give the same answer now. If the hon. Member will study the English Allotment Acts and Clauses he will find that a Bill enacting them for Ireland could not be described as a small Bill, but must necessarily be somewhat compli- 1036 cated and likely to occupy a good deal of time. In the present state of Public Business I cannot make any engagement on the subject.