HC Deb 09 July 1896 vol 42 cc1109-10
MR. CAREW

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that the evicted tenants of the Clongorey Estate, County Kildare, have virtually agreed with the trustees, representing the landlord, to purchase their holdings, he will now fulfil his promise to intervene in the interests of a settlement and use his best endeavours to have the agreement carried out?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

I expressed my readiness to intervene in the interests of a settlement on this estate if invited to do so by both parties, and I am still prepared to use my best endeavours towards that end should the occasion offer. I may observe that the re-enactment of the 13th Clause of the Act of 1891 would be necessary in order to enable the evicted tenants to purchase their holdings, but it is proposed by the Land Bill now before the House to further re-enact this clause for a year.