§ MR. CARSONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in view of the existing discontent with the administration of the Irish Land Laws, he will put down the Vote for the Irish Land Commission at the earliest convenient date?
§ MR. J. C. FLYNN (Cork, N.)would ask the right hon. Gentleman, before he answered that Question, to say whether the discontent was not felt more particularly by the tenantry of Ireland, and especially in Ulster?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYAs far as my observation goes 1037 the discontent in respect of the Land Laws in Ireland has been universal with all classes of the community—["hear, hear!]—and my private conviction is that so long as you continue to fix rents by a public tribunal there always will be discontent. ["Hear, hear!"] In answer to the Question of my right hon. and learned Friend I have to say that, of course, it is my desire to consult the wishes of representatives of Ireland as to the dates on which the Irish Estimates shall come on and the order in which they shall be taken. I do not know that I can fix a date at present, but I will certainly consult my right hon. and learned Friend and others, with a view to meeting the general wishes of Gentlemen from Ireland, to whatever Party they belong.