MR. PATRICK O'BRIENOn behalf of the honourable Member for the St. Patrick Division of Dublin I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Government will consider the advisability of appointing a Commission to inquire into the area of land available for settlement by the small tenants requiring land in the distressed districts of the South and West of Ireland?
§ MR. ATKINSON (for Mr. GERALD BALFOUR)The inquiry suggested by the honourable Member is of a vague and undefined character. All the information that can be obtained on the subject is in the possession of the Congested Districts Board. The Government will not, therefore, make any inquiry of the nature mentioned.