§ MR. BARTLEYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland how many tenants have been evicted in Ireland since the Evicted Tenants Commission sat last year; and whether the cases of these tenants will be included in the Bill promised to be brought in next Session?
§ MR. ASQUITH (for Mr. J. MORLEY)Since January 1, 1893, the date on which the Evicted Tenants Commission ceased to entertain applications, 738 tenants and 250 sub-tenants have been actually turned out of their holdings. Of the former 11 were re-admitted as tenants on the day of eviction, and of the latter 80 were readmitted either as tenants or sub-tenants. There is no information as to the number which may have afterwards been readmitted. It is impossible at the present moment to discuss the scope of the Bill to be brought in next Session to deal with the evicted tenants case.