MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will take measures to have the dietary scale of Irish Poor Law Unions raided and put on the same basis as those of Great Britain; and whether he will also inquire into the general treatment of the inmates, particularly respecting those over 60 years of age, in Ireland, and have them treated on a similar system with that prevailing in England and Scotland?
MR. J. MORLEYI have already told my hon. Friend that I hope to have an opportunity of discussing this matter with the Irish Local Government Board in a week or two, and I should not like to express any opinion till I have done so, nor can I grant the Return of which the hon. Member has given notice until I see how the land lies.