HC Deb 25 March 1897 vol 47 cc1323-4
MR. D MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he has received a copy of a resolution passed by the Clogher Board of Guardians, at their meeting held on the 20th instant, calling for the application to Ireland of the provisions of the Agricultural Rating Act, 1896; and can he state when he will be prepared to introduce a Bill with that object?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

The reply to this Question is covered by my answer to a previous Question on the same subject.

MR. CARSON

Is there not the same necessity for relieving agriculture in Ireland as in England?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

I can hardly give an answer to that Question.